Printed on the plate
“Tree-creeper”
Certhia familiaris
Engraved caption: CERTHIA FAMILIARIS, Linn.
Modern identification
Certhia familiaris
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Treecreepers · Certhiidae
Why
Certhia familiaris = Eurasian Treecreeper; the British bird, with clean white underparts. The Short-toed Treecreeper, lumped in Gould's synonymy (brachydactyla), does not breed in Britain.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 237; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter. del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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