Printed on the plate
“Butcher-Bird”
Cracticus destructor
Engraved caption: Cracticus destructor
Modern identification
Cracticus torquatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies · Artamidae
Why
destructor = Grey Butcherbird
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.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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