Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 21

Gray-crowned Babbler

Printed “Red-breasted Pomatorhinus”

Volume IV, plate 21 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Gray-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
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Printed on the plate

“Red-breasted Pomatorhinus”

Pomatorhinus rubeculus

Engraved caption: Pomatorhinus rubeculus

Modern identification

Gray-crowned Babbler

Pomatostomus temporalis

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pseudo-Babblers · Pomatostomidae

Why

Gould's Pomatorhinus rubeculus, of northern Australia (Cobourg Peninsula), = the red-breasted northern race rubeculus of Gray-crowned Babbler.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. IV); 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.

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

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