Printed on the plate
“Indian Hoopoe”
Upupa nigripennis
Engraved caption: UPUPA NIGRIPENNIS, Gould:
Modern identification
Upupa epops
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hoopoes · Upupidae
Why
Upupa nigripennis Gould, the hoopoe of south India and Ceylon without a white crest bar, is U. epops ceylonensis, a race of Common Hoopoe.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
