Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 99

Australian Logrunner

Printed “Spine-tailed Orthonyx”

Volume IV, plate 99 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
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Printed on the plate

“Spine-tailed Orthonyx”

Orthonyx spinicaudus

Engraved caption: Orthonyx spinicaudus

Modern identification

Australian Logrunner

Orthonyx temminckii

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Logrunners · Orthonychidae

Why

spinicaudus = Australian Logrunner

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.

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