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Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume III, plate 16

Wood Lark

Volume III, plate 16 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Wood Lark (Lullula arborea) — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

The whole sheet of volume III, plate 16, with its engraved caption — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Printed on the plate

“Wood-Lark”

Alauda arborea

Engraved caption: ALAUDA ARBOREA, Limn.

Modern identification

Lullula arborea

Certain
Checked against the engraved caption
Larks · Alaudidae

Why

Alauda arborea = Wood Lark, Lullula arborea; same species, older genus.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 167

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

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

The scan at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

The same bird on other plates

Europe, 1832–37Plate 167“Wood Lark”