Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 298, volume IV

Kentish Plover

Plate 298 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
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Printed on the plate

“Kentish Plover”

Charadrius Cantianus

Engraved caption: Kentish Plover Charadrius cantianus (Lath.)

Modern identification

Kentish Plover

Anarhynchus alexandrinus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae

Why

Kentish Plover

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn from Life & on Stone by J. & E. Gould

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates