Printed on the plate
“Square-tailed Warbler”
Cysticola isura
Engraved caption: Cysticola isura
Modern identification
Cisticola exilis
- Certain
- A variant
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cisticolas and Allies · Cisticolidae
Why
Cysticola isura Gould (Liverpool Plains, Port Phillip; streaked crown, short square tail) is a Golden-headed Cisticola in streaked-crowned dress, which Gould suspected; a plumage state, not a taxon.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. III); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM vii; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
