Printed on the plate
“Indian Rock-Pigeon”
Columba intermedia
Engraved caption: COLUMBA INTERMEDIA, Strickl.
Modern identification
Columba livia
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Columba intermedia Strickland, the grey-rumped rock dove of India and Ceylon, is C. livia intermedia, a race of Rock Pigeon.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
