Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 44

Gray Currawong

Printed “Hill Crow-Shrike”

Volume II, plate 44 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Gray Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
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Printed on the plate

“Hill Crow-Shrike”

Strepera arguta

Engraved caption: Strepera arguta

Modern identification

Gray Currawong

Strepera versicolor

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

Why

Gould's Strepera arguta = Clinking Currawong, the Tasmanian race arguta of Grey Currawong.

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 del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates