Printed on the plate
“Malacca Parrakeet”
Paleornis Malaccensis
Engraved caption: PALÆORNIS MALACCENSIS.
Modern identification
Psittacula longicauda
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
Gmelin's Psittacus malaccensis (Boddaert's longicauda heads Gould's synonymy) = Long-tailed Parakeet, nominate race; Salvadori cites this plate under P. longicauda.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); 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.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.
