Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 90

Leaden Flycatcher

Printed “Pretty Flycatcher”

Volume II, plate 90 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
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Printed on the plate

“Pretty Flycatcher”

Myiagra concinna

Engraved caption: Myiagra concinna

Modern identification

Leaden Flycatcher

Myiagra rubecula

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Monarch Flycatchers · Monarchidae

Why

Gould's Myiagra concinna = the northern race concinna of Leaden Flycatcher.

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.

The same bird on other plates