Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 398, volume V

Thick-billed Murre

Printed “Brunnich's Guillemot”

Plate 398 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
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Printed on the plate

“Brunnich's Guillemot”

Uria Brunnichii

Engraved caption: Brunnich's Guillemot Uria Brunnichii (Sabine)

Modern identification

Thick-billed Murre

Uria lomvia

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Auks, Murres, and Puffins · Alcidae

Why

Brünnich's Guillemot = Thick-billed Murre

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