Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume IV, plate 33

Northern Lapwing

Printed “Lapwing, or Peewit”

Volume IV, plate 33 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
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Printed on the plate

“Lapwing, or Peewit”

Vanellus cristatus

Engraved caption: VANELGUS CRISTAUS .

Modern identification

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae

Why

Vanellus cristatus Temm. = Tringa vanellus Linn., Vanellus vanellus, Northern Lapwing; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 291

Who made the plate

No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.

The same bird on other plates