Printed on the plate
“Black-faced Kingfisher”
Carcineutes melanops
Engraved caption: CARCINEUTES MELANOPS.
Modern identification
Lacedo pulchella
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Carcineutes melanops (Borneo) = Lacedo pulchella melanops, the Black-faced race of Banded Kingfisher; Gould calls it the Bornean representative of C. pulchellus.
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
