Printed on the plate
“Mealy Redpole”
Linaria canescens
Engraved caption: Mealy Redpole Linaria canescens (Mihi)
Modern identification
Acanthis flammea
- Certain
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Linaria canescens Gould is the Mealy Redpoll, nominate Acanthis flammea flammea (Gould's own synonymy in Birds of Great Britain III.51, and Sharpe's Acanthis linaria); eBird 2025 lumps the redpolls as Redpoll.
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption; Gould's text; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM xii; Gould, B. Gt. Brit. III.51; the plate
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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