Printed on the plate
“Manilla Kingfisher”
Halcyon gularis
Engraved caption: HALCYON GULARIS.
Modern identification
Halcyon gularis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Halcyon gularis (Kuhl), the Manila kingfisher with little white on the throat = Brown-breasted Kingfisher, which eBird keeps apart from the White-throated.
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.