Printed on the plate
“Splendid Parrakeet”
Platycercus splendidus
Engraved caption: Platycercus splendidus
Modern identification
Platycercus eximius
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae
Why
splendidus Gould (north of the Darling Downs; golden-margined back, verditer rump) = the golden-mantled northern Eastern Rosella. Gould's name is preoccupied by Shaw's splendidus, which is why the race is now elecica.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM xx; 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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
