Printed on the plate
“White-backed Crow-Shrike”
Gymnorhina leuconota
Engraved caption: Gymnorhina leuconota
Modern identification
Gymnorhina tibicen
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies · Artamidae
Why
Gould's Gymnorhina leuconota (South Australia, Port Phillip) = the white-backed southern races of Australian Magpie, now telonocua and tyrannica.
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.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
