Printed on the plate
“Malaccan Pitta”
Pitta coccinea
Engraved caption: PITTA COCCINEA, Eyton.
Modern identification
Erythropitta granatina
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pittas · Pittidae
Why
Eyton's Pitta coccinea (Malacca) = Erythropitta granatina coccinea, the Malay Peninsula race of Garnet Pitta, with the narrow black forehead Gould describes.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; 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.
