Printed on the plate
“Nicobar Parrakeet”
Paleornis Nicobaricus
Engraved caption: PALÆORNIS NICOBARICUS.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Nicobar Parakeet.
Modern identification
Psittacula longicauda
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
Palaeornis nicobaricus Gould (Blyth's erythrogenys), from the Nicobars, is Psittacula longicauda nicobarica, the Nicobar race of Long-tailed Parakeet.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
