Printed on the plate
“Swainson’s Fruit Pigeon”
Ptilinopus Swainsonii
Engraved caption: Ptilinopus Swainsonii
Modern identification
Ptilinopus regina
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
swainsonii = Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
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. Gould and H. C. Richter delt.
- John Gould drew
- Henry Constantine Richter drew
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
