Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume V, plate 33

Pallas's Rosefinch

Printed “Rosy Grosbeak”

Volume V, plate 33 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Pallas's Rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
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Printed on the plate

“Rosy Grosbeak”

Carpodacus roseus

Engraved caption: CARPODACUS ROSEUS, Bonap.

Modern identification

Pallas's Rosefinch

Carpodacus roseus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae

Why

Pallas's Fringilla rosea = Pallas's Rosefinch: rose male with frosted white forehead and throat.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; the plate

Who made the plate

J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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