Printed on the plate
“Great Grey Shrike”
Collurio meridionalis
Engraved caption: Great Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis (Temm.); Collurio —— (Vig.)
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Great Gray Shrike.
Modern identification
Lanius meridionalis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Shrikes · Laniidae
Why
Lanius meridionalis Temm. = the southern (Iberian) grey shrike, now Iberian Grey Shrike. Trap: Gould's English "Great Grey Shrike" is on this plate, not the excubitor one
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed 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.