Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 92

Masked Finch

Printed “White-eared Grass Finch”

Volume III, plate 92 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Masked Finch (Poephila personata)
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Printed on the plate

“White-eared Grass Finch”

Poephila leucotis

Engraved caption: Poephila leucotis

Modern identification

Masked Finch

Poephila personata

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Waxbills and Allies · Estrildidae

Why

Gould's Poephila leucotis = the Cape York race leucotis of Masked Finch.

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.

The same bird on other plates