Printed on the plate
“Black-backed Porphyrio”
Porphyrio melanotus
Engraved caption: Porphyrio melanotus
Modern identification
Porphyrio melanotus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Australasian Swamphen
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); 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.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
