Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 206, volume III

Common Rosefinch

Printed “Scarlet Grosbeak”

Plate 206 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
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Printed on the plate

“Scarlet Grosbeak”

Erythrospiza erythrina

Engraved caption: Scarlet Grosbeak Erythrospiza erythrina (Bonaparte)

Modern identification

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

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

Why

Scarlet Grosbeak = Common 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