Printed on the plate
“Black-headed Pitta”
Pitta atricapilla
Engraved caption: PITTA ATRICAPILLA, CUV:
Modern identification
Pitta sordida
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pittas · Pittidae
Why
Pitta atricapilla (Gould's synonymy: Vieillot's philippensis, Gmelin's Corvus brachyurus philippensis, Pl. Enl. 89) is the Philippine black-headed hooded pitta, the nominate Western Hooded Pitta, P. sordida sordida; Gould also folds in Bornean muelleri.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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