Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 30

Black-faced Woodswallow

Printed “White-vented Wood Swallow”

Volume II, plate 30 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
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Printed on the plate

“White-vented Wood Swallow”

Artamus albiventris

Engraved caption: Artamus albiventris

Modern identification

Black-faced Woodswallow

Artamus cinereus

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies · Artamidae

Why

Gould's Artamus albiventris (Darling Downs, white under tail-coverts) = the white-vented eastern Queensland race of Black-faced Woodswallow, now named inkermani.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

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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