Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 197, volume III

Eurasian Siskin

Printed “Siskin, or Aberdevine”

Plate 197 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
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Printed on the plate

“Siskin, or Aberdevine”

Carduelis spinus

Engraved caption: Siskin or Aberdevine Carduelis spinus (Steph.)

Modern identification

Eurasian Siskin

Spinus spinus

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

Why

Siskin

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