Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 157, volume III

Long-tailed Tit

Plate 157 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Long-tailed Tit”

Parus caudatus

Engraved caption: Long-tailed Tit Parus caudatus (Linn.)

Modern identification

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Long-tailed Tits · Aegithalidae

Why

Parus caudatus Linn. = Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed 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