Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 53

Black Butcherbird

Printed “Quoy’s Crow-Shrike”

Volume II, plate 53 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black Butcherbird (Melloria quoyi)
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Printed on the plate

“Quoy’s Crow-Shrike”

Cracticus Quoyii

Engraved caption: Cracticus Quoyii

Modern identification

Black Butcherbird

Melloria quoyi

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies · Artamidae

Why

Black 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.

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