“Rosy Tantalus” (Painted Stork) · Gould, The Birds of Asia, volume VII, plate 59

Volume VII, plate 59 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

The whole sheet of volume VII, plate 59, with its engraved caption — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Printed on the plate

“Rosy Tantalus”

Tantalus leucocephalus

Engraved caption: TANTALUS LEUCOCEPHALUS, Gmel

Modern identification

Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala

Certain
Checked against the engraved caption
Storks · Ciconiidae

Why

Gmelin's Tantalus leucocephalus = Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)

eBird
Wikidata
GBIF

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.

John Gould drew and lithographed
Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
Walter & Cohn printed

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The scan at the Biodiversity Heritage Library