Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 222, volume III

Hooded Crow

Plate 222 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
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Printed on the plate

“Hooded Crow”

Corvus cornix

Engraved caption: Hooded Crow Corvus cornix (Linn.)

Modern identification

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae

Why

Corvus cornix Linn. = Corvus cornix (Hooded Crow); same species

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