Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 137, volume II

Tawny Pipit

Plate 137 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
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Printed on the plate

“Tawny Pipit”

Anthus rufescens

Engraved caption: Tawny Pipit Anthus rufescens (Temm.)

Modern identification

Tawny Pipit

Anthus campestris

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

Why

Anthus rufescens Temm. = Tawny Pipit A. campestris

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.

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