Printed on the plate
“Northern Bullfineh”
Pyrrhula major
Engraved caption: PYRRHULA MAJOR, Brehm.
Modern identification
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Pyrrhula major Brehm, the large northern bullfinch (Gould's synonymy opens with Linnaeus's Loxia pyrrhula; figures from W Siberia), is the nominate Eurasian Bullfinch, so no form.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
