Printed on the plate
“Black-backed Tree-Creeper”
Climacteris melanotus
Engraved caption: Climacteris melanotus
Modern identification
Climacteris picumnus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Australasian Treecreepers · Climacteridae
Why
Gould's Climacteris melanotus, killed by Gilbert on the east side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, = the Cape York race melanotus of Brown Treecreeper.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. IV); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
