Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 103, volume II

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Printed “Brake Locustelle”

Plate 103 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Common Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
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Printed on the plate

“Brake Locustelle”

Locustella avicula

Engraved caption: Brake Locustelle Locustella avicula (Ray)

Modern identification

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naevia

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Grassbirds and Allies · Locustellidae

Why

Locustella avicula Ray = Grasshopper Warbler L. naevia

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature & on stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.

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

The same bird on other plates