Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 314, volume IV

Marsh Sandpiper

Plate 314 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
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Printed on the plate

“Marsh Sandpiper”

Totanus stagnatilis

Engraved caption: Marsh Sandpiper Totanus stagnatilis (Bechst.)

Modern identification

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

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

Why

Totanus stagnatilis Bechst. = Tringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper); 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