Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 307, volume IV

Terek Sandpiper

Printed “Terek Godwit”

Plate 307 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
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Printed on the plate

“Terek Godwit”

Limosa Terek

Engraved caption: Terek Godwit Limosa Terek (Temm.)

Modern identification

Terek Sandpiper

Xenus cinereus

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

Why

Terek Godwit = Terek Sandpiper

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