Printed on the plate
“Black-mantled Fairy Bluebird”
Irena melanochlamys
Engraved caption: IRENA MELANOCHLAMYS, Sharpe.
Modern identification
Irena cyanogastra
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Fairy-bluebirds · Irenidae
Why
Irena melanochlamys Sharpe (Basilan) = Irena cyanogastra melanochlamys, the black-mantled race of Philippine Fairy-bluebird.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
