Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 67

Dusky Myzomela

Printed “Obscure Honey-eater”

Volume IV, plate 67 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
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Printed on the plate

“Obscure Honey-eater”

Myzomela obscura

Engraved caption: Myzomela obscura

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Obscure Honeyeater.

Modern identification

Dusky Myzomela

Myzomela obscura

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

Why

Dusky Myzomela

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.