Printed on the plate
“Little Racket-tailed Parrot”
Prioniturus discurus
Engraved caption: PRIONITURUS DISCOSURUS®
Modern identification
Prioniturus discurus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
Vieillot's Psittacus discurus, figured from Cuming's Luzon bird, = Blue-crowned Racquet-tail: blue-washed crown, whitish bill.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
