Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 171, volume III

Corn Bunting

Printed “Common Bunting”

Plate 171 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
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Printed on the plate

“Common Bunting”

Emberiza miliaria

Engraved caption: Common Bunting Emberiza miliaria (Linn.)

Modern identification

Corn Bunting

Emberiza calandra

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Buntings · Emberizidae

Why

Common Bunting = Corn Bunting

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