Printed on the plate
“Tasmanian Acanthiza”
Acanthiza Diemenensis
Engraved caption: Acanthiza Diemenensis
Modern identification
Acanthiza pusilla
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thornbills and Allies · Acanthizidae
Why
Gould's Acanthiza diemenensis = the Tasmanian race diemenensis of Brown Thornbill; the Tasmanian Thornbill is his ewingii (III.55).
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.C. Hullmandel Imp
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
