Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 1

Emu

Printed “The Emu”

Volume VI, plate 1 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
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Printed on the plate

“The Emu”

Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae

Engraved caption: Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae

Modern identification

Emu

Dromaius novaehollandiae

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cassowaries and Emu · Casuariidae

Why

Emu; not in BirdNET

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Waterhouse Hawkins.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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