Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 329, volume IV

Dunlin

Printed “Dunlin, or Purre”

Plate 329 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
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Printed on the plate

“Dunlin, or Purre”

Tringa variabilis

Engraved caption: Dunlin or Purre Tringa variabilis (Meyer)

Modern identification

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

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

Why

Dunlin

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