Printed on the plate
“Philippine Bee-eater”
Merops Philippinus
Engraved caption: MEROPS PHILIPPINUS, Linn.
Modern identification
Merops philippinus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bee-eaters · Meropidae
Why
Merops philippinus Linnaeus = Blue-tailed Bee-eater; same name.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
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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