Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 154, volume III

Eurasian Blue Tit

Printed “Blue Tit”

Plate 154 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
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Printed on the plate

“Blue Tit”

Parus cœruleus

Engraved caption: Blue Tit Parus caeruleus (Linn.)

Modern identification

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

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

Why

Parus cœruleus Linn. = Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit); same species, older binomial

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