Artamus insignis -- White-backed Woodswallow [New-Ireland wood-swallow] Very finished painting; added pencil sketches of insects; note on color; the 2 birds are virtually unchanged in the published plate, but for reversing relative positions vertically, and completing one which was partially overlapped in the drawing; 6 distant birds are removed and the foliage slightly altered; "9 / 1547" (Sotheran: see Gould item 969). Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Hart, William Matthew.