Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 43

Golden-headed Cisticola

Printed “Lineated Warbler”

Volume III, plate 43 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
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Printed on the plate

“Lineated Warbler”

Cysticola lineocapilla

Engraved caption: Cysticola lineocapilla

Modern identification

Golden-headed Cisticola

Cisticola exilis

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cisticolas and Allies · Cisticolidae

Why

Gould's Cysticola lineocapilla = the north-western race lineocapilla of Golden-headed Cisticola.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. III); 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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