Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 80, volume II

Pale Thrush

Printed “Pallid Thrush”

Plate 80 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
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Printed on the plate

“Pallid Thrush”

Turdus pallidus

Engraved caption: Pallid Thrush Turdus pallidus (Pall.)

Modern identification

Pale Thrush

Turdus pallidus

  • Certain
  • Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae

Why

Pale Thrush, not Eyebrowed: the figures have no supercilium, and Gould gives white tips to the two outer tail feathers and Japanese specimens from Temminck. Seebohm (Cat. Birds BM v) cites the plate under Merula pallida.

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption; Gould's text; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM v; the plate

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.

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