Printed on the plate
“Hodgson's Phyllornis”
Phyllornis Hodgsoni
Engraved caption: PHYLLORNIS HODGSONI.
Modern identification
Chloropsis aurifrons
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Leafbirds · Chloropseidae
Why
Gould's Phyllornis hodgsoni (Latham's Hurryba, Blyth's aurifrons; Upper India) = Chloropsis aurifrons, Golden-fronted Leafbird: orange forehead, blue chin, black gorget bordered yellow, green belly. Gould figures the Orange-bellied Leafbird separately as P. hardwickii (III.14).
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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