Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 160, volume III

Bohemian Waxwing

Printed “Waxen Chatterer”

Plate 160 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
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Printed on the plate

“Waxen Chatterer”

Bombycivora garrula

Engraved caption: Waxen Chatterer Bombycivora garrula (Temm.)

Modern identification

Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrulus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Waxwings · Bombycillidae

Why

Waxen Chatterer = Bohemian Waxwing

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn from life and 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