Printed on the plate
“Chough”
Fregilus graculus
Engraved caption: FREGILUS GRACULUS.
Modern identification
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Fregilus graculus = Red-billed Chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, with its long curved red bill. Linnaeus's graculus now names the Yellow-billed Chough.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 219; 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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