Printed on the plate
“Torres Strait Fruit Pigeon”
Carpophaga luctuosa
Engraved caption: Carpophaga luctuosa
Modern identification
Ducula spilorrhoa
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
TRAP: Gould's 'Carpophaga luctuosa' is the Torresian Imperial-Pigeon; Temminck's luctuosa is the Sulawesi White Imperial-Pigeon
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 del et lith.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.