Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 188, volume III

Brambling

Printed “Mountain or Bramble Finch”

Plate 188 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
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Printed on the plate

“Mountain or Bramble Finch”

Fringilla montifringilla

Engraved caption: Mountain or Bramble Finch Fringilla montifringilla (Linn.)

Modern identification

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae

Why

Brambling

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