Printed on the plate
“Govinda Kite”
Milvus Govinda
Engraved caption: MILVUS GOVINDA, Sykes.
Modern identification
Milvus migrans
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Milvus govinda Sykes, the Pariah Kite of India, is M. migrans govinda, a race of Black Kite.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
