Printed on the plate
“Magpie”
Pica caudata
Engraved caption: PICA CAUDATA.
Modern identification
Pica pica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Pica caudata = Eurasian Magpie, Pica pica; same species, older name.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 216
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
