Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 191, volume III

Eurasian Linnet

Printed “Common or Brown Linnet”

Plate 191 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
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Printed on the plate

“Common or Brown Linnet”

Linaria Cannabina

Engraved caption: Common or Brown Linnet Linaria Cannabina (Swains.)

Modern identification

Eurasian Linnet

Linaria cannabina

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

Why

Linnet

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