Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume III, plate 6

Gray Wagtail

Printed “Grey Wagtail (summer plumage)”

Volume III, plate 6 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
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Printed on the plate

“Grey Wagtail (summer plumage)”

Calobates sulphurea

Engraved caption: CALOBALES SULIHUREA

Modern identification

Gray Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae

Why

Calobates sulphurea = Gray Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, in summer dress; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 147

Who made the plate

J. Gould & 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