Printed on the plate
“Moustached Honey-eater”
Meliphaga mystacalis
Engraved caption: Meliphaga mystacalis
Modern identification
Phylidonyris niger
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Honeyeaters · Meliphagidae
Why
Gould's Meliphaga mystacalis, of Swan River, = the WA race gouldii of White-cheeked Honeyeater.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. IV); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould & 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.
