Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 48

Australian Magpie

Printed “Tasmanian Crow-Shrike”

Volume II, plate 48 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
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Printed on the plate

“Tasmanian Crow-Shrike”

Gymnorhina organicum

Engraved caption: Gymnorhina organicum

Modern identification

Australian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

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

Why

Gould's Gymnorhina organicum (his earlier Cracticus hypoleucus) = the Tasmanian race hypoleuca of Australian Magpie.

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.

The same bird on other plates