Printed on the plate
“Dalmatian Nuthatch”
Sitta Syriaca
Engraved caption: Dalmatian Nuthatch Sitta rufescens (Temm.?)
Modern identification
Sitta neumayer
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Nuthatches · Sittidae
Why
Sitta syriaca Ehrenb. = Western Rock Nuthatch
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. GouldPrinted 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.