Printed on the plate
“White-winged Magpie”
Pica leucoptera
Engraved caption: PICA LEUCOPTERA, Gould.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: White-winged Magpie.
Modern identification
Pica pica
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Pica leucoptera Gould, from Transbaikalia ('Oriental Siberia'), is P. pica leucoptera, the white-winged race that eBird 2025 keeps in Eurasian Magpie, not Oriental Magpie.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
