Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 182, volume III

Reed Bunting

Printed “Marsh Bunting”

Plate 182 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
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Printed on the plate

“Marsh Bunting”

Emberiza palustris

Engraved caption: Marsh Bunting Emberiza palustris (Sav.)

Modern identification

Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Buntings · Emberizidae

Why

Emberiza palustris Savi = the thick-billed Reed Bunting (E. schoeniclus intermedia group)

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