Printed on the plate
“Red Oriole”
Psaropholus ardens
Engraved caption: PSAROPHOLUS ARDENS, Swinh.
Modern identification
Oriolus traillii
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Orioles · Oriolidae
Why
Psaropholus ardens Swinhoe (Formosa) = Oriolus traillii ardens, the crimson Taiwan race of Maroon Oriole (eBird group Crimson).
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue
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.
