Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 38

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Printed “Wattle-cheeked Honey-eater”

Volume IV, plate 38 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Purple-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius)
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Printed on the plate

“Wattle-cheeked Honey-eater”

Ptilotis cratitius

Engraved caption: Ptilotis cratitius

Modern identification

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Lichenostomus cratitius

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Honeyeaters · Meliphagidae

Why

Purple-gaped 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.

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