Printed on the plate
“Allied Dottrel”
Hiaticula inornata
Engraved caption: Hiaticula inornata
Modern identification
Figure left, larger
Printed “Allied Dottrel”
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
The larger, longer-billed, longer-legged left figure is a winter Greater Sand-Plover. Sharpe (Cat. Birds BM xxiv) puts 'pl. 19, large figure' in Ochthodromus geoffroyi. Gould's 'sexes a third different in size' was two species.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM xxiv; the plate
Figure right, smaller
Printed “Allied Dottrel”
Anarhynchus mongolus
- Judged
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
The smaller, short-billed right figure is Sharpe's 'right-hand figure' under Ochthodromus mongolus. Port Essington and Torres Strait birds are the Siberian group; the Tibetan group rarely reaches Australia. Winter plumage alone would not separate them.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM xxiv; 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
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