Printed on the plate
“Blue-throated Nyctiornis”
Nyctiornis Athertoni
Engraved caption: VYCTIORNIS ATHERTONI.
Modern identification
Nyctyornis athertoni
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bee-eaters · Meropidae
Why
Merops athertoni Jardine & Selby = Nyctyornis athertoni, Blue-bearded Bee-eater; same species.
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.