Printed on the plate
“Red-throated Nyctiornis”
Nyctiornis amictus
Engraved caption: NYCTIORNIS AMICTUS.
Modern identification
Nyctyornis amictus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bee-eaters · Meropidae
Why
Merops amictus Temminck (Malacca, Singapore) = Nyctyornis amictus, Red-bearded Bee-eater; Kansas's Blue-bearded Bee-eater is plate I.37.
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.