Printed on the plate
“Chough”
Fregilus graculus
Engraved caption: Chough Fregilus graculus (Cuv.)
Modern identification
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Fregilus graculus = Red-billed Chough. Trap: modern P. graculus is the Alpine Chough
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lithog.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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