Printed on the plate
“Ramsay's Bee-wing”
Actinodura Ramsayi
Engraved caption: ACTINODURA RAMSAYI, Walden.
Modern identification
Actinodura ramsayi
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Laughingthrushes and Allies · Leiothrichidae
Why
Actinura ramsayi Walden, the typical pair from the Karen hills = Actinodura ramsayi, Spectacled Barwing, nominate race.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. III); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
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
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