Printed on the plate
“Ceylonese Mosque-Swallow”
Cecropis hyperythra
Engraved caption: CECROPIS HYPERYTHRA .
Modern identification
Cecropis hyperythra
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Swallows · Hirundinidae
Why
Hirundo hyperythra Layard (Ceylon) = Cecropis hyperythra, Sri Lanka Swallow: deep chestnut underparts and rump, no collar.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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