Printed on the plate
“Bengal Vulture”
Gyps Bengalensis
Engraved caption: GYPS BENGALENSIS.
Modern identification
Gyps bengalensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin) = White-rumped Vulture; Gould's adult from the Zoological Society's gardens shows the white back and ruff he describes.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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