Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 152, volume III

Tufted Titmouse

Printed “Toupet Tit”

Plate 152 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
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Printed on the plate

“Toupet Tit”

Parus bicolor

Engraved caption: Toupet Tit Parus bicolor (Linn.)

Modern identification

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

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

Why

Parus bicolor Linn. = Tufted Titmouse

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