Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 257, volume IV

Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Printed “Sand Grouse”

Plate 257 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
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Printed on the plate

“Sand Grouse”

Pterocles arenarius

Engraved caption: Sand Grouse Pterocles arenarius (Temm.)

Modern identification

Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Pterocles orientalis

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Sandgrouse · Pteroclidae

Why

Sand Grouse = Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Sources

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

Who made the plate

No credit line could be read. No credit line on the sheet: the paper below the caption is blank to the sheet's foot.