Printed on the plate
“Grey-headed Wagtail”
Motacilla neglecta
Engraved caption: Grey Headed Wagtail Motacilla neglecta (Gould)
Modern identification
Motacilla flava
- Certain
- Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
Why
Gould's Motacilla neglecta is the Blue-headed Wagtail, nominate Motacilla flava flava: the male has a blue-grey head with a bold white eyebrow and a white line below the ear-coverts, not the Grey-headed thunbergi.
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption; Gould's text; Gould, B. Gt. Brit. III.4 synonymy; the plate
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life & 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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