Printed on the plate
“Great Shrike”
Collurio Excubitor
Engraved caption: Great Shrike Lanius excubitor (Linn.); Collurio —— (Vig.)
Modern identification
Lanius excubitor
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Shrikes · Laniidae
Why
Great Grey Shrike L. excubitor; the American/NE Asian Northern Shrike (L. borealis) is split off and is not Gould's bird
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life and on stone by J. & E. GouldPrinted by C. Hullmandel
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
