Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 7

Hooded Robin

Printed “Pied Robin”

Volume III, plate 7 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
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Printed on the plate

“Pied Robin”

Petroica bicolor

Engraved caption: Petroica bicolor

Modern identification

Hooded Robin

Melanodryas cucullata

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Australasian Robins · Petroicidae

Why

Petroica bicolor = Hooded Robin

Sources

List of Plates (vol. III); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk; pinned in Featherframe (gould_australia.yaml)

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter delt.C. Hullmandel Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.