Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 63, volume II

European Pied Flycatcher and Collared Flycatcher

Printed “Pied Flycatcher / White-collared Flycatcher”

Plate 63 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) and Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
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Printed on the plate

“Pied Flycatcher / White-collared Flycatcher”

Muscicapa luctuosa / Muscicapa albicollis

Engraved caption: 1. Pied Flycatcher 2. White-Collared Flycatcher 1. Muscicapa luctuosa (Temm.) 2. Muscicapa albicollis (Temm.)

Modern identification

Figure 1. Pied Flycatcher.

Printed “Pied Flycatcher”

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae

Why

Muscicapa luctuosa Temm. = Pied Flycatcher F. hypoleuca

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk

Figure 2. White-collared Flycatcher.

Printed “White-collared Flycatcher”

Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula albicollis

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae

Why

Collared Flycatcher

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.

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