Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 49

Silvereye

Printed “Grey-breasted Zosterops”

Supplement, plate 49 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
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Printed on the plate

“Grey-breasted Zosterops”

Zosterops tephropleurus

Engraved caption: Zosterops tephropleurus

Modern identification

Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies · Zosteropidae

Why

Gould's Zosterops tephropleurus is the Lord Howe Island race of Silvereye, Z. l. tephropleurus.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. Supp); 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.

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

The same bird on other plates