Printed on the plate
“Van der Bosch's Pitta”
Pitta Boschii
Engraved caption: PITTA BOSCHX, Müll & Schleg.
Modern identification
Hydrornis irena
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pittas · Pittidae
Why
Müller & Schlegel's Pitta boschii (Sumatra) = Malayan Banded-Pitta: yellow eyebrow turning fiery orange on the nape, deep blue underparts barred orange on the sides.
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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