Printed on the plate
“Leach’s Cockatoo”
Calyptorhynchus Leachii
Engraved caption: Calyptorhynchus Leachii
Modern identification
Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cockatoos · Cacatuidae
Why
leachii as Gould used it is the Glossy Black-Cockatoo. He describes the 'least' species with a swollen bill, feeding only on Casuarina seed, and his synonymy includes Temminck's cookii and solandri. The plate shows crestless brown heads, a bulbous bill and the yellow-patched female on Allocasuarina.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; the plate
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
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