Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 34

Brown Noddy

Printed “Noddy Tern”

Volume VII, plate 34 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
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Printed on the plate

“Noddy Tern”

Anous stolidus

Engraved caption: Anous stolidus

Modern identification

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

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

Why

Brown Noddy

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 lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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

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