Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 325, volume IV

Ruff

Plate 325 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
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Printed on the plate

“Ruff”

Machetes pugnax

Engraved caption: Ruff Machetes pugnax (Cuvier)

Modern identification

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

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

Why

Machetes pugnax Cuv. = Calidris pugnax (Ruff); 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