Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume I, plate 41

Spotted Kingfisher

Printed “Lindsay's Kingfisher”

Volume I, plate 41 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Spotted Kingfisher (Actenoides lindsayi)
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Printed on the plate

“Lindsay's Kingfisher”

Actenoides Lindsayi

Engraved caption: ACTENOIDES LINDSAYI,

Modern identification

Spotted Kingfisher

Actenoides lindsayi

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Kingfishers · Alcedinidae

Why

Dacelo lindsayi Vigors, Gould's figures from Luzon = Actenoides lindsayi, Spotted Kingfisher; 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 & W. Hart del et lith.Walter Imp.

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