Printed on the plate
“Naumann's Thrush”
Turdus Naumannii
Engraved caption: Nauman's Thrush Turdus Naumannii (Temm.)
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Naumann's Thrush.
Modern identification
Turdus eunomus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Gould's 'Naumann's Thrush', drawn from the Munich bird, has a blackish breast band and flanks scaled white, a white belly, a buff eyebrow, rufous-edged wings and a brown tail: a Dusky Thrush, Turdus eunomus, not Naumann's. Seebohm and Dresser both cite the plate under the Dusky Thrush.
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.
