Printed on the plate
“Melodious Willow Wren”
Sylvia Hippolais
Engraved caption: Melodious Willow Wren Sylvia Hippolais (Temm.)
Modern identification
Hippolais icterina
- Judged
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Reed Warblers and Allies · Acrocephalidae
Why
Temminck's Sylvia hippolais, which Gould ranges from Sweden to the Mediterranean and to the Dutch coast, is the Icterine Warbler; 'Melodious Willow Wren' was then one of its English names. Seebohm and Dresser put the plate under the Icterine, and the figure's long wing with pale-edged secondaries agrees.
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Seebohm, Cat. Birds BM v; Dresser, B. Eur. ii; 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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
