Printed on the plate
“Slaty-headed Parrakeet”
Paleornis schisticeps
Engraved caption: PALÆORNIS SCHISTICEPS, Hodgs.
Modern identification
Psittacula himalayana
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
Hodgson's Palaeornis schisticeps of Nepal = Slaty-headed Parakeet, Psittacula himalayana; Salvadori (Cat. Birds BM xx) cites this plate under schisticeps.
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 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.