Printed on the plate
“Allied Parrakeet”
Paleornis affinis
Engraved caption: PALÆORNIS AFFINIS, Gould.
Modern identification
Psittacula longicauda
- Judged
- A variant
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
Gould's affinis has pinky-red cheeks and nape collar, a green crown and a green moustache: a Long-tailed Parakeet, most likely a female or young (Blyth's viridimystax). Salvadori lists it, with a query, under P. longicauda. An Alexandrine, the survey's reading, has no red cheeks. The specimen's origin is unknown.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM xx; 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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