Printed on the plate
“Nepaul Pitta”
Pitta Nipalensis
Engraved caption: PITTA NIPALENSIS: Hodgs:
Modern identification
Hydrornis nipalensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pittas · Pittidae
Why
Hodgson's Paludicola nipalensis (syn. Blyth's Pitta nuchalis) = Blue-naped Pitta, Hydrornis nipalensis.
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 and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.