Printed on the plate
“Carrion-Crow”
Corvus corone
Engraved caption: CORVUS CORONE, Linn.
Modern identification
Corvus corone
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Corvus corone = Carrion Crow; same species, kept apart from the Hooded Crow (III.59) as eBird does.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 221; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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