Printed on the plate
“Javanese Phyllornis”
Phyllornis Javensis
Engraved caption: PHYLLORNIS JAVENSIS.
Modern identification
Chloropsis sonnerati
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Leafbirds · Chloropseidae
Why
Phyllornis javensis (Horsfield) = Chloropsis sonnerati, Greater Green Leafbird: Gould's synonymy holds sonneratii and zosterops; black-throated male with no yellow border, and a yellow-throated bird with a yellow eye-ring.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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