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Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume V, plate 7

Brant

Printed “Brent Goose”

Volume V, plate 7 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Brant (Branta bernicla) — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

The whole sheet of volume V, plate 7, with its engraved caption — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Printed on the plate

“Brent Goose”

Bernicla brenta

Engraved caption: BERNICLA BRENTA.

Modern identification

Branta bernicla

Certain
Checked against the engraved caption
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae

Why

Bernicla brenta = Anas bernicla Linn., Branta bernicla, Brant (Brent Goose); same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 352

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