Printed on the plate
“Varied Graucalus”
Graucalus mentalis
Engraved caption: Graucalus mentalis
Modern identification
Coracina papuensis
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cuckooshrikes · Campephagidae
Why
Graucalus mentalis V&H = the SE Australian race robusta of White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Gould cites Latham's Lanius robustus). The plate shows the pale morph with black lores and the dark-headed morph, which Gould took for the young.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
