Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 50

White-browed Scrubwren

Printed “Buff-breasted Sericornis”

Volume III, plate 50 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
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Printed on the plate

“Buff-breasted Sericornis”

Sericornis laevigaster

Engraved caption: Sericornis laevigaster

Modern identification

White-browed Scrubwren

Sericornis frontalis

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Thornbills and Allies · Acanthizidae

Why

Gould's Sericornis laevigaster = Buff-breasted Scrubwren, the east-Queensland race of White-browed Scrubwren.

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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