Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 150, volume III

Great Tit

Plate 150 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Great Tit (Parus major)
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Printed on the plate

“Great Tit”

Parus major

Engraved caption: Great Tit Parus Major (Linn.)

Modern identification

Great Tit

Parus major

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae

Why

Parus major Linn. = Parus major (Great Tit); same species

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