Printed on the plate
“Adelaide Parrakeet”
Platycercus Adelaidiae
Engraved caption: Platycercus Adelaidiae
Modern identification
Platycercus elegans
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
Gould's Platycercus adelaidiae, of Adelaide, = the Adelaide race adelaidae of Crimson Rosella.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); 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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
