Printed on the plate
“Grey-backed Zosterops”
Zosterops dorsalis
Engraved caption: Zosterops dorsalis
Modern identification
Zosterops lateralis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies · Zosteropidae
Why
dorsalis = Silvereye
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.
