Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 20

Silver Gull

Printed “Jameson's Gull”

Volume VII, plate 20 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
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Printed on the plate

“Jameson's Gull”

Xema Jamesonii

Engraved caption: Xema Jamesonii

Modern identification

Silver Gull

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae

Why

Xema jamesonii = Silver Gull

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VII); 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 lithHullmandel & Walton Imp

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