Printed on the plate
“Yellow-tufted Honey-eater”
Ptilotis auricomis
Engraved caption: Ptilotis auricomis
Modern identification
Lichenostomus melanops
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Honeyeaters · Meliphagidae
Why
auricomis = Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
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.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
