Printed on the plate
“Grey-headed Parrakeet”
Paleornis caniceps
Engraved caption: PALMORNIS CANICEPS, Blyth
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Gray-headed Parakeet.
Modern identification
Psittacula caniceps
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
Blyth's Palaeornis caniceps of the Nicobars = Nicobar Parakeet: grey cap, black frontal band and moustache.
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.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.