Printed on the plate
“Blue Tit”
Parus cæruleus
Engraved caption: PARUS CÆRULEUS.
Modern identification
Cyanistes caeruleus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae
Why
Parus caeruleus = Eurasian Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 154
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
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