Printed on the plate
“Red-chested Dottrell”
Charadrius pyrrhothorax
Engraved caption: Red-chested Dottrel Charadrius pyrrhothorax (Temm.)
Modern identification
Anarhynchus atrifrons
- Judged
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Sharpe (Cat. Birds BM xxiv) makes this plate the basis of Ochthodromus pyrrhothorax, the black-fronted Central Asian sand plover that winters in India: Temminck's specimen was Russian and Gould knew it from Indian collections. The adult's chestnut breast blends into the white throat with no black border, as in the Tibetan group. The small white forehead spots are the one point against.
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption; Gould's text; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM xxiv; 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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