Printed on the plate
“Jericho Sun-bird”
Nectarinia Osea
Engraved caption: NECTARINIA OSEA. Bonap.
Modern identification
Cinnyris osea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sunbirds and Spiderhunters · Nectariniidae
Why
Cinnyris osea Bonaparte, from Syria and the Jordan valley = Palestine Sunbird, nominate race.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); 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.