Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 98, volume II

European Robin

Printed “Robin”

Plate 98 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
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Printed on the plate

“Robin”

Erythaca rubecula

Engraved caption: Robin Erythaca rubecula (Swains.)

Modern identification

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

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

Why

Erythaca rubecula Swains. = Erithacus rubecula (European Robin); same species

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