Printed on the plate
“Orphean Warbler”
Curruca orphea
Engraved caption: CURRUCA ORPEEA.
Modern identification
Curruca hortensis
- Judged
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sylviid Warblers and Allies · Sylviidae
Why
Curruca orphea = Orphean Warbler, since split. Gould drew specimens lent by Howard Saunders (who collected it in southern Spain) and H. E. Dresser, and says his figured bird is specifically distinct from his Madras (Eastern) bird, which is larger, longer-billed and less vinous below. The male's brown back and apricot underparts are the Western Orphean Warbler, Curruca hortensis, not the grey-backed, white-bellied Eastern.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 119; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter del. et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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