Printed on the plate
“Ramsay's Pygmy Woodpecker”
Iyngipicus Ramsayi
Engraved caption: IYNGIPICOS RAMSAYI, Hargitt.
Modern identification
Yungipicus ramsayi
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Hargitt's ramsayi (type said to come from north-east Borneo) is the Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker, which eBird splits from the Philippine Pygmy: olive-brown back, scarlet nape band, saffron breast.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; 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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