Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 166, volume III

Eurasian Skylark

Printed “Sky Lark”

Plate 166 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
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Printed on the plate

“Sky Lark”

Alauda arvensis

Engraved caption: Sky Lark Alauda arvensis (Linn.)

Modern identification

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Larks · Alaudidae

Why

Alauda arvensis Linn. = Alauda arvensis (Eurasian Skylark); 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