Printed on the plate
“Swallow Dicæum”
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Engraved caption: Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Modern identification
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Flowerpeckers · Dicaeidae
Why
Mistletoebird
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. & E. Gould del et lith.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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