Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume VI, plate 52

Mindanao Bleeding-heart

Printed “Maroon-breasted Pigeon”

Volume VI, plate 52 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Mindanao Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera)
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Printed on the plate

“Maroon-breasted Pigeon”

Phlogoenas crinigera

Engraved caption: PILOGOFNAS CRINIGERA.

Modern identification

Mindanao Bleeding-heart

Gallicolumba crinigera

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae

Why

Peristera crinigera (syn. Phlogoenas bartletti Sclater) = Mindanao Bleeding-heart: glossy green head and neck, large maroon breast 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, and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter, Imp.

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