Printed on the plate
“Prince of Essling's Parrot”
Nestor Esslingii
Engraved caption: Nestor Esslingii
Modern identification
Nestor meridionalis
- Certain
- A variant
- Checked against the engraved caption
- New Zealand Parrots · Strigopidae
Why
Souance's Nestor esslingii, a single oddly coloured skin of unknown origin, is a New Zealand Kaka, Buller's 'var. esslingii'.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. Supp); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
