Printed on the plate
“Great Alcedo”
Alcedo grandis
Engraved caption: ALCEDO GRANDIS, Blyth.
Modern identification
Alcedo hercules
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Alcedo grandis Blyth = Alcedo hercules, Blyth's Kingfisher; hercules replaced Blyth's preoccupied grandis.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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