Historical bird plates

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

Cape Barren Goose

Printed “Cereopsis Goose”

Volume VII, plate 1 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
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Printed on the plate

“Cereopsis Goose”

Cereopsis Novae-Hollandiae

Engraved caption: Cereopsis Novae-Hollandiae

Modern identification

Cape Barren Goose

Cereopsis novaehollandiae

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae

Why

Cape Barren Goose; not in BirdNET

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VII); 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.