Printed on the plate
“Hombron's Kingfisher”
Actenoides Hombroni
Engraved caption: ACTENOIDES HOMBRONI.
Modern identification
Actenoides hombroni
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Actenoides hombroni Bonaparte = Blue-capped Kingfisher; Gould's figure is Steere's Mindanao male.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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