Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume I, plate 4

White-tailed Eagle

Printed “Sea-Eagle”

Volume I, plate 4 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
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Printed on the plate

“Sea-Eagle”

Haliaëtus albicilla

Engraved caption: HALIAËTUS ALBICILLA.

Modern identification

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae

Why

Haliaëtus albicilla = White-tailed Eagle; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 10

Who made the plate

J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates