Printed on the plate
“Long-billed Honey-eater”
Meliphaga longirostris
Engraved caption: Meliphaga longirostris
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Long-billed Honeyeater.
Modern identification
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Honeyeaters · Meliphagidae
Why
Gould's Meliphaga longirostris, of Western Australia, = the SW race longirostris of New Holland Honeyeater.
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.Hullmandel & 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.
