Printed on the plate
“Necklaced Pitta”
Pitta arquata
Engraved caption: PITTA ARQUATA, Gould.
Modern identification
Erythropitta arquata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pittas · Pittidae
Why
Gould's own Pitta arquata = Blue-banded Pitta, Erythropitta arquata.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); 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 & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.