Printed on the plate
“Blue Shining Flycatcher”
Piezorhynchus nitidus
Engraved caption: Piezorhynchus nitidus
Modern identification
Myiagra alecto
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Monarch Flycatchers · Monarchidae
Why
Gould's Piezorhynchus nitidus from Port Essington = the north Australian race melvillensis of Shining Flycatcher; the nominate alecto is Moluccan.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); 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.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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