Printed on the plate
“Spotless Gallinule”
Porzana immaculata
Engraved caption: Porzana immaculata
Modern identification
Zapornia tabuensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
immaculata = Spotless Crake
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
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