Printed on the plate
“Collared Wood-Pigeon”
Palumbus pulchricollis
Engraved caption: PALUMBUS PULCHRICOLAIS,
Modern identification
Columba pulchricollis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Hodgson's Columba pulchricollis = Ashy Wood-Pigeon: grey head, buff-tipped nuchal collar.
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
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