Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 29

Black-faced Woodswallow

Printed “Grey-breasted Wood Swallow”

Volume II, plate 29 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
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Printed on the plate

“Grey-breasted Wood Swallow”

Artamus cinereus

Engraved caption: Artamus cinereus

Modern identification

Black-faced Woodswallow

Artamus cinereus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies · Artamidae

Why

Black-faced Woodswallow

Sources

List of Plates (vol. II); 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 delt.C. Hullmandel Impt.

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

The same bird on other plates