Printed on the plate
“Burmese Roller”
Coracias affinis
Engraved caption: CORACIAS AFFINIS, M. All.
Modern identification
Coracias affinis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rollers · Coraciidae
Why
Coracias affinis McClelland = Indochinese Roller, which eBird 2025 splits from Indian Roller: Gould drew Assam birds, with purple-streaked throat, purplish breast and no dark band at the tail tip. BirdNET lumps in Indian Roller.
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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