Printed on the plate
“Otidiphaps”
Otidiphaps nobilis
Engraved caption: OTIDIPHAPS NOBILIS, Gould.
Modern identification
Otidiphaps nobilis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Gould's own Otidiphaps nobilis, described from a dealer's skin = Pheasant Pigeon; his type is the nominate race.
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.