Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 199, volume III

Hawfinch

Plate 199 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
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Printed on the plate

“Hawfinch”

Coccothraustes vulgaris

Engraved caption: Hawfinch Coccothraustes vulgaris (Briss.)

Modern identification

Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

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

Why

Hawfinch

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk

Who made the plate

Drawn from Life & 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