Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 76

Gray Shrikethrush

Printed “Brown Colluricincla”

Volume II, plate 76 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
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Printed on the plate

“Brown Colluricincla”

Colluricincla brunnea

Engraved caption: Colluricincla brunnea

Modern identification

Gray Shrikethrush

Colluricincla harmonica

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Whistlers and Allies · Pachycephalidae

Why

Gould's Colluricincla brunnea = the northern race brunnea of Grey Shrikethrush.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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