Printed on the plate
“Temminck's Pygmy Woodpecker”
Iyngipicus Temmincki
Engraved caption: IYNGIPICUS TEMMINCKI.
Modern identification
Yungipicus temminckii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Malherbe's Picus temmincki of Celebes = Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker: olive-brown back, scarlet nape patch.
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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