Printed on the plate
“Wood-Pigeon, or Cushat”
Palumbus torquatus
Engraved caption: PALUMBUS TORQUATUS.
Modern identification
Columba palumbus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Gould's Palumbus torquatus (Linnaeus's Columba palumbus) = Common Wood-Pigeon; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 243
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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