Printed on the plate
“Temminck's Roller”
Coracias Temmincki
Engraved caption: CORACIAS TEMMINCKI.
Modern identification
Coracias temminckii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rollers · Coraciidae
Why
Coracias temmincki Wagler = Coracias temminckii, Purple-winged Roller (Sulawesi); Gould's specimen is from Macassar.
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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