Printed on the plate
“White-winged Crossbill”
Loxia bifasciata
Engraved caption: LOXIA BIFASCIATA, Selys.
Modern identification
Loxia leucoptera
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Loxia bifasciata, Gould's White-winged Crossbill = the Two-barred Crossbill, L. leucoptera bifasciata, the Old World race of White-winged Crossbill.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 203; the plate
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
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