Printed on the plate
“Rufous-bellied Cuckoo”
Cuculus hyperythrus
Engraved caption: CTCULUS HYPERYTHRUS, Gould.
Modern identification
Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cuckoos · Cuculidae
Why
Gould's own Cuculus hyperythrus of China = Northern Hawk-Cuckoo, Hierococcyx hyperythrus.
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 and 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.