Printed on the plate
“Mountain Trogon”
Harpactes Oreskios
Engraved caption: HARPACTES ORESKIOS.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Mountain Trogon.
Modern identification
Harpactes oreskios
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Trogons · Trogonidae
Why
Trogon oreskios Temminck, from Gould's Javan skins = Harpactes oreskios, Orange-breasted Trogon, nominate race; Kansas's White-tailed Trogon is a New World bird.
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 and H. C. Richter, del. et. lith.T. Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- T. Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.