Printed on the plate
“Beautiful Pygmy Goose”
Nettapus pulchellus
Engraved caption: Nettapus pulchellus
Modern identification
Nettapus pulchellus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Green Pygmy-Goose; not in BirdNET
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter delt.C. Hullmandel Impt.
- John Gould drew
- Henry Constantine Richter drew
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.