Printed on the plate
“Great Grey Shrike”
Lanius excubitor
Engraved caption: LANIUS EXCUBITOR, Lin.
Modern identification
Lanius excubitor
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Shrikes · Laniidae
Why
Lanius excubitor = Great Gray Shrike, the nominate bird; neither the Iberian Gray nor the Northern Shrike, both split by eBird. The Blue Tit on the thorn is its larder, not a second subject.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 66; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lithWalter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
