Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 54

Magpie-lark

Printed “Pied Grallina”

Volume II, plate 54 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
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Printed on the plate

“Pied Grallina”

Grallina Australis

Engraved caption: Grallina Australis

Modern identification

Magpie-lark

Grallina cyanoleuca

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Monarch Flycatchers · Monarchidae

Why

australis = Magpie-lark

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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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