Printed on the plate
“White-bellied Owlet Nightjar”
Aegotheles leucogaster
Engraved caption: Aegotheles leucogaster
Modern identification
Aegotheles cristatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owlet-nightjars · Aegothelidae
Why
leucogaster = inland race
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
