Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 208, volume III

Trumpeter Finch

Printed “Vinous Grosbeak”

Plate 208 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
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Printed on the plate

“Vinous Grosbeak”

Erythrospiza githaginea

Engraved caption: Vinous Grossbeak Erythrospiza? githaginea Pyrrhula githaginea (Temm.)

Modern identification

Trumpeter Finch

Bucanetes githagineus

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

Why

Vinous Grosbeak = Trumpeter Finch

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