Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 17

Pale-yellow Robin

Printed “Large-headed Robin”

Supplement, plate 17 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Pale-yellow Robin (Eopsaltria capito)
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Printed on the plate

“Large-headed Robin”

Eopsaltria capito

Engraved caption: Eopsaltria capito

Modern identification

Pale-yellow Robin

Eopsaltria capito

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Australasian Robins · Petroicidae

Why

Pale-yellow Robin

Sources

List of Plates (vol. Supp); 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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