Printed on the plate
“Franklin's Barbet”
Megalaema Franklinii
Engraved caption: MOEGALCEMA FRANKLINI.
Modern identification
Psilopogon franklinii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Asian Barbets · Megalaimidae
Why
Blyth's Bucco franklinii = Golden-throated Barbet, Psilopogon franklinii.
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 & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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