Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 156, volume III

Crested Tit

Plate 156 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Crested Tit”

Parus cristatus

Engraved caption: Crested Tit Parus cristatus (Linn.)

Modern identification

Crested Tit

Lophophanes cristatus

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

Why

Parus cristatus Linn. = Lophophanes cristatus (Crested Tit); same species

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk

Who made the plate

Drawn from Life & 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