Printed on the plate
“Satin Bower-Bird”
Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus
Engraved caption: Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus
Modern identification
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bowerbirds · Ptilonorhynchidae
Why
holosericeus = Satin Bowerbird
Sources
List of Plates (vol. IV); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
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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