Printed on the plate
“Smith’s Partridge Bronze-wing”
Geophaps Smithii
Engraved caption: Geophaps Smithii
Modern identification
Geophaps smithii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Partridge Pigeon; not in BirdNET
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter delt.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew
- Henry Constantine Richter drew
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.