Printed on the plate
“Red-rumped Acanthiza”
Acanthiza pyrrhopygia
Engraved caption: Acanthiza pyrrhopygia
Modern identification
Acanthiza apicalis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thornbills and Allies · Acanthizidae
Why
pyrrhopygia Gould (Murray belts) = Inland Thornbill: rufous rump, a white-tipped tail cocked over the back, a throat scalloped black and reddish-brown irides. Gould compares it most nearly with apicalis. Chestnut-rumped has a pale eye and plain throat.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. III); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lithHullmandel & 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.
