Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 317, volume IV

Spotted Sandpiper

Plate 317 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
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Printed on the plate

“Spotted Sandpiper”

Totanus macularius

Engraved caption: Spotted Sandpiper Totanus macularius (Temm.)

Modern identification

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

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

Why

Totanus macularius Temm. = Actitis macularius (Spotted 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