Printed on the plate
“Malabar Phyllornis”
Phyllornis Malabaricus
Engraved caption: PHYLLORNIS MALABARICUS.
Modern identification
Chloropsis aurifrons
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Leafbirds · Chloropseidae
Why
Turdus malabaricus Gmelin, of Malabar and the west coast (Gould lists Pelzeln's frontalis as a synonym): orange forehead, black throat with blue moustache = Chloropsis aurifrons frontalis, the S Indian race of Golden-fronted Leafbird.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. III); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del et lithHullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
