Printed on the plate
“Redstart”
Ruticilla phœnicura
Engraved caption: RUTICILLA PHŒNICURA.
Modern identification
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Ruticilla phoenicura = Common Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 95
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
