Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 72

Speckled Warbler

Printed “Little Chthonicola”

Volume III, plate 72 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Little Chthonicola”

Chthonicola minima

Engraved caption: Chthonicola minima

Modern identification

Speckled Warbler

Pyrrholaemus sagittatus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Thornbills and Allies · Acanthizidae

Why

Chthonicola minima = Speckled Warbler

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 del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp

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