Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 302, volume IV

Eurasian Curlew

Printed “Common Curlew”

Plate 302 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
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Printed on the plate

“Common Curlew”

Numenius arquata

Engraved caption: Common Curlew Numenius arquata (Lath.)

Modern identification

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae

Why

Numenius arquata Lath. = Numenius arquata (Eurasian Curlew); 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