Printed on the plate
“Mantled Kingfisher”
Dacelo Tyro
Engraved caption: DACELO TYRO, G.R. Gray.
Modern identification
Dacelo tyro
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Dacelo tyro Gray, from Wallace's Aru Islands pair (male behind, female in front) = Spangled Kookaburra, nominate race.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue
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
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