Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 31

Brown Honeyeater

Volume IV, plate 31 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
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Printed on the plate

“Brown Honey-eater”

Glyciphila ocularis

Engraved caption: Glyciphila ocularis

Modern identification

Brown Honeyeater

Lichmera indistincta

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Honeyeaters · Meliphagidae

Why

Gould's Glyciphila ocularis = Brown Honeyeater; his name is now the eastern Australian race ocularis.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. IV); 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.