Printed on the plate
“White-winged Lark”
Melanocorypha leucoptera
Engraved caption: MELANOCORYPHA LEUCOPTERA •
Modern identification
Alauda leucoptera
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Larks · Alaudidae
Why
Melanocorypha leucoptera = White-winged Lark, now Alauda leucoptera; same species, the Brighton bird of 1869.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text
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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