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Superb lithograph with original hand colouring of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo from the last great series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthew’s. This series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. It was the last series produced using the laborious process of hand colouring of each individual lithograph.
The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River while the ship the Endeavour was careened for repairs. A specimen was taken back to England by Joseph Banks and from this, the first scientific description was made by John Latham in 1790.
Other common names: Banksian Cockatoo, Red-Tailed Cockatoo
Modern binomial name: Calyptorhynchus banksii
Aboriginal names: A-Rdarrabiyah in Ngandi, Biliirr in Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi, Biliirr in Yuwaalaraay, Biliirr in Yuwaalayaay, Blek Krela in Kriol, Blekwan Kokudu in Kriol, Darrabiya’ in Ritharrŋu, Darrabiyah in Rembarrnga, Kaarak in Wudjari, Lirrarduma in Alawa, Lirrarduma in Marra, Ngerrkngerrk in Kriol, Rdarrabiya in Ngalakgan, Warrag in Wubuy First described: Latham, 1790
Distribution: Australian mainland.
References:
Anker, J. Bird Books and Bird Art. Amsterdam 1979 : 328
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995 : IVB 605
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: MRB/F598.2/M
State Library Victoria: RARESF 598.2994 M42
State Library of Western Australia: Call Number Q 598.2994 MAT
State Library South Australia: Rare Books Room 598.294 M429
National Library Australia: Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK9772
State Library Queensland: RBF 598.2994
National Museum of Australia: Call no: AIA F 598.2994 MA
Herbert Goodchild (1873 - 1919)
Goodchild was an early twentieth century bird artist and illustrator, born in 1873 at Cumberland and died sometime around 1919. He was one of the artists who contributed to Gregory Matthew's important series, Birds of Australia, following the death of John Keulemans in 1912. His works appeared in several other publications.
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