Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 393, volume V

Common Loon

Printed “Northern Diver”

Plate 393 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Common Loon (Gavia immer)
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Printed on the plate

“Northern Diver”

Colymbus glacialis

Engraved caption: Northern Diver Colymbus glacialis (Linn.)

Modern identification

Common Loon

Gavia immer

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Loons · Gaviidae

Why

Great Northern Diver = Common Loon

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