Printed on the plate
“Gurney's Pitta”
Pitta Gurneyi
Engraved caption: PITTA GURNEYI, Hume.
Modern identification
Hydrornis gurneyi
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pittas · Pittidae
Why
Hume's Pitta gurneyi (S Tenasserim) = Gurney's Pitta.
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
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