Printed on the plate
“Indian Roller”
Coracias indica
Engraved caption: CORACIAS INDICA, Linn.
Modern identification
Coracias benghalensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rollers · Coraciidae
Why
Gould's Coracias indica, whose synonymy joins Linnaeus's indica and bengalensis and whose range runs from Sind to Ceylon, = Coracias benghalensis, Indian Roller, taken as the whole species, so no form.
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 & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.