Printed on the plate
“Sub-alpine Warbler”
Curruca leucopogon
Engraved caption: Sub-Alpine Warbler Curruca leucopogon (Mihi)
Modern identification
Curruca cantillans
- Judged
- Sylviid Warblers and Allies · Sylviidae
Why
Sylvia leucopogon Meyer is a synonym of nominate cantillans (type locality Sicily; Zuccon et al. 2020). Gould's specimens came from Savi of Pisa and from Temminck, and the male's brick-red throat to flanks with a white belly is not Moltoni's pale pink. Eastern Subalpine Warbler, unless Temminck's birds were Provençal (Western).
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption; Gould's text; Dresser, B. Eur. ii; Zuccon et al. 2020; the plate
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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