Printed on the plate
“Little Green Pigeon”
Chalcophaps chrysochlora
Engraved caption: Chalcophaps chrysochlora
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Little Green-Pigeon.
Modern identification
Chalcophaps longirostris
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Gould's Chalcophaps chrysochlora, drawn from New South Wales birds, = the E Australian race rogersi of Pacific Emerald 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 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.