Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 205, volume III

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Printed “Siberian Grosbeak”

Plate 205 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
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Printed on the plate

“Siberian Grosbeak”

Corythus longicauda

Engraved caption: Siberian Grosbeak Corythus longicauda (Lath.)

Modern identification

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Carpodacus sibiricus

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

Why

Corythus longicauda = Long-tailed Rosefinch

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