Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 38

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

Printed “Chestnut-crowned Pomatorhinus”

Supplement, plate 38 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)
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Printed on the plate

“Chestnut-crowned Pomatorhinus”

Pomatorhinus ruficeps

Engraved caption: Pomatorhinus ruficeps

Modern identification

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

Pomatostomus ruficeps

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pseudo-Babblers · Pomatostomidae

Why

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

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.

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