Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume III, plate 59

Hooded Crow

Volume III, plate 59 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
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Printed on the plate

“Hooded Crow”

Corvus cornix

Engraved caption: CORVUS CORNIX, Linn.

Modern identification

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae

Why

Corvus cornix = Hooded Crow; a species of its own in eBird, as Gould had it.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 222

Who made the plate

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

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

The same bird on other plates