Printed on the plate
“Silvery-backed Butcher-Bird”
Cracticus argenteus
Engraved caption: Cracticus argenteus
Modern identification
Cracticus argenteus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies · Artamidae
Why
Silver-backed Butcherbird; IOC splits, BirdNET/Clements 2021 lump in Grey Butcherbird
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
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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