Printed on the plate
“Australian Bee-eater”
Merops ornatus
Engraved caption: Merops ornatus
Modern identification
Merops ornatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bee-eaters · Meropidae
Why
Rainbow Bee-eater
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk; pinned in Featherframe (gould_australia.yaml)
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter lithog.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.