Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 139, volume II

Tree Pipit

Plate 139 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
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Printed on the plate

“Tree Pipit”

Anthus arboreus

Engraved caption: Tree Pipit Anthus arboreus (Bechst.)

Modern identification

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialis

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

Why

Tree Pipit

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