Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 262, volume IV

Gray Partridge

Printed “Common Partridge”

Plate 262 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix)
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Printed on the plate

“Common Partridge”

Perdix cinerea

Engraved caption: Common Partridge Perdix cinerea (Lath.)

Modern identification

Gray Partridge

Perdix perdix

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae

Why

Grey Partridge

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