The Birds of Australia, Vol. 4 of 7

by John Gould

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 20, BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE.

1848.

LIST OF PLATES.
VOLUME IV.

Pitta strepitans, Temm.	Noisy Pitta	[1]
—— Vigorsii, Gould	Vigors’ Pitta	[2]
—— Iris, Gould	Rainbow Pitta	[3]
Cinclosoma punctatum, Vig. & Horsf.	Spotted Ground-Thrush	[4]
—— castanotus, Gould	Chestnut-backed Ground-Thrush	[5]
—— cinnamomeus, Gould	Cinnamon-coloured Cinclosoma	[6]
Oreocincla lunulata	Mountain Thrush	[7]
Chlamydera maculata, Gould	Spotted Bower-Bird	[8]
—— nuchalis	Great Bower-Bird	[9]
Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus, Kuhl	Satin Bower-Bird	[10]
—— Smithii, Vig. & Horsf.	Cat Bird	[11]
Sericulus chrysocephalus	Regent Bird	[12]
Oriolus viridis	New South Wales Oriole	[13]
—— flavo-cinctus	Crescent-marked Oriole	[14]
Sphecotheres Australis, Swains.	Australian Sphecotheres	[15]
Corcorax leucopterus	White-winged Chough	[16]
Struthidea cinerea, Gould	Grey Struthidea	[17]
Corvus Coronoïdes, Vig. & Horsf.	White-eyed Crow	[18]
Neomorpha Gouldii, G. R. Gray	Gould’s Neomorpha	[19]
Pomatorhinus temporalis	Temporal Pomatorhinus	[20]
—— rubeculus, Gould	Red-breasted Pomatorhinus	[21]
—— superciliosus, Vig. & Horsf.	White-eyebrowed Pomatorhinus	[22]
Meliphaga Novæ-Hollandiæ	New Holland Honey-eater	[23]
—— longirostris, Gould	Long-billed Honey-eater	[24]
—— sericea, Gould	White-cheeked Honey-eater	[25]
—— mystacalis, Gould	Moustached Honey-eater	[26]
—— Australasiana	Tasmanian Honey-eater	[27]
Glyciphila fulvifrons	Fulvous-fronted Honey-eater	[28]
—— albifrons, Gould	White-fronted Honey-eater	[29]
—— fasciata, Gould	Fasciated Honey-eater	[30]
—— ocularis, Gould	Brown Honey-eater	[31]
Ptilotis chrysotis	Yellow-eared Honey-eater	[32]
—— sonorus, Gould	Singing Honey-eater	[33]
—— versicolor, Gould	Varied Honey-eater	[34]
—— flavigula, Gould	Yellow-throated Honey-eater	[35]
—— leucotis	White-eared Honey-eater	[36]
—— auricomis	Yellow-tufted Honey-eater	[37]
—— cratitius, Gould	Wattle-cheeked Honey-eater	[38]
—— ornatus, Gould	Graceful Honey-eater	[39]
—— plumulus, Gould	Plumed Honey-eater	[40]
—— flavescens, Gould	Yellow-tinted Honey-eater	[41]
—— flava, Gould	Yellow Honey-eater	[42]
—— penicillatus, Gould	White-plumed Honey-eater	[43]
—— fusca, Gould	Fuscous Honey-eater	[44]
—— chrysops	Yellow-faced Honey-eater	[45]
—— unicolor, Gould	Uniform Honey-eater	[46]
Plectorhyncha lanceolata, Gould	Lanceolate Honey-eater	[47]
Zanthomyza Phrygia	Warty-faced Honey-eater	[48]
Melicophila picata, Gould	Pied Honey-eater	[49]
Entomophila picta, Gould	Painted Honey-eater	[50]
—— albogularis, Gould	White-throated Honey-eater	[51]
—— rufogularis, Gould	Red-throated Honey-eater	[52]
Acanthogenys rufogularis, Gould	Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater	[53]
Anthochæra inauris, Gould	Great Wattled Honey-eater	[54]
—— carunculata	Wattled Honey-eater	[55]
—— mellivora	Brush Wattle-Bird	[56]
—— lunulata, Gould	Lunulated Wattle-Bird	[57]
Tropidorhynchus corniculatus	Friar-Bird	[58]
—— argenticeps, Gould	Silvery-crowned Friar-Bird	[59]
—— citreogularis, Gould	Yellow-throated Friar-Bird	[60]
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris	Slender-billed Spine-bill	[61]
—— superciliosus	White-eyebrowed Spine-bill	[62]
Myzomela sanguineolenta	Sanguineous Honey-eater	[63]
—— erythrocephala, Gould	Red-headed Honey-eater	[64]
—— pectoralis, Gould	Banded Honey-eater	[65]
—— nigra, Gould	Black Honey-eater	[66]
—— obscura, Gould	Obscure Honey-eater	[67]
Entomyza cyanotis	Blue-faced Entomyza	[68]
—— albipennis, Gould	White-pinioned Honey-eater	[69]
Melithreptus validirostris, Gould	Strong-billed Honey-eater	[70]
—— gularis, Gould	Black-throated Honey-eater	[71]
—— lunulatus	Lunulated Honey-eater	[72]
—— chloropsis, Gould	Swan River Honey-eater	[73]
—— albogularis, Gould	White-throated Honey-eater	[74]
—— melanocephalus, Gould	Black-headed Honey-eater	[75]
Myzantha garrula	Garrulous Honey-eater	[76]
—— obscura, Gould	Sombre Honey-eater	[77]
—— lutea, Gould	Luteous Honey-eater	[78]
—— flavigula, Gould	Yellow-throated Miner	[79]
—— melanophrys	Australian Bell-Bird	[80]
Zosterops dorsalis, Vig. & Horsf.	Grey-backed Zosterops	[81]
—— chloronotus, Gould	Green-backed Zosterops	[82]
—— luteus, Gould	Yellow Zosterops	[83]
Cuculus optatus, Gould	Australian Cuckoo	[84]
—— inornatus, Vig. & Horsf.	Unadorned Cuckoo	[85]
—— cineraceus, Vig. & Horsf.	Ash-coloured Cuckoo	[86]
—— insperatus, Gould	Brush Cuckoo	[87]
Chalcites osculans, Gould	Black-eared Cuckoo	[88]
Chrysococcyx lucidus	Shining Cuckoo	[89]
Scythrops Novæ-Hollandiæ, Lath.	Channel-Bill	[90]
Eudynamys Flindersii	Flinders’s Cuckoo	[91]
Centropus Phasianus	Pheasant Cuckoo	[92]
Climacteris scandens, Temm.	Brown Tree-Creeper	[93]
—— rufa, Gould	Rufous Tree-Creeper	[94]
—— erythrops, Gould	Red-eyebrowed Tree-Creeper	[95]
—— melanotus, Gould	Black-backed Tree-Creeper	[96]
—— melanura, Gould	Black-tailed Tree-Creeper	[97]
—— picumnus, Temm.	White-throated Tree-Creeper	[98]
Orthonyx spinicaudus, Temm.	Spine-tailed Orthonyx	[99]
Ptiloris paradiseus, Swains.	Rifle Bird	[100]
Sittella chrysoptera	Orange-winged Sittella	[101]
—— leucocephala, Gould	White-headed Sittella	[102]
—— leucoptera, Gould	White-winged Sittella	[103]
—— pileata, Gould	Black-capped Sittella	[104]

PITTA STREPITANS: Temm.
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith. C. Hullmandel Imp.

PITTA STREPITANS, Temm.
Noisy Pitta.

Pitta strepitans, Temm. Pl. Col. 333.—Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. ii. pl. 77.

Pitta versicolor, Swains. in Zool. Journ., vol. i. p. 468.

The description of Pitta versicolor given by Mr. Swainson in the “Zoological Journal” agrees so accurately with the description and figure of Pitta strepitans in the “Planches Coloriées,” that not the slightest doubt exists in my mind as to their identity; but which of these names has the priority is a point I have been unable satisfactorily to determine, in consequence of the latter work having been published in parts at irregular periods. Mr. Swainson, it is true, refers to the “Planches Coloriées,” and institutes a comparison between his bird and the Pitta cyanoptera, beautifully figured in Pl. 218; the Pitta strepitans, on the other hand, forms the subject of Pl. 333, which we may reasonably suppose must have appeared at a much later period, although it may still have been prior to the publication of P. versicolor; the numbers of foreign works being frequently much in arrear in this country. In support of the priority of M. Temminck’s name, I may quote a passage from the “Illustrations of Ornithology” of Messrs. Jardine and Selby:—“This species seems to have been unnoticed until the figure of M. Temminck, who received his specimen from Mr. Leadbeater. It then appeared to be the only individual of this form known to belong to New Holland; and it is only lately that Mr. Swainson has added a second species, in his P. versicolor, to the interesting ornithology of that country.”