Printed on the plate
“Affghan Magpie”
Pica Bactriana
Engraved caption: PICA BACTRIANA, Bonap.
Modern identification
Pica pica
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Pica bactriana Bonaparte, white-rumped, from Afghanistan and Tibet, is P. pica bactriana, a race of Eurasian Magpie (not the black-rumped bottanensis, now split).
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.
