Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 88

Black-eared Cuckoo

Volume IV, plate 88 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black-eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-eared Cuckoo”

Chalcites osculans

Engraved caption: Chalcites osculans

Modern identification

Black-eared Cuckoo

Chalcites osculans

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cuckoos · Cuculidae

Why

Black-eared Cuckoo

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 lithHullmandel & Walton Imp.

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