The Birds of Great Britain |
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John Gould
(drawn by
John Gould, Joseph Wolf, H.C. Richter & Wm. Hart;
lith'd by H.C. Richter & Wm. Hart)
London 1862 - 1873
5 Volumes (25 parts) - 367 lithographic plates
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Volume 1 |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
1 |
Neophron percnopterus |
Egyptian Vulture |
2 |
Aquila chrysaëos,Briss. |
Golden Eagle |
3 |
Aquila nævia |
Spotted Eagle |
4 |
Haliaëus albicilla |
Sea-Eagle |
5 |
Pandion haliaëus |
Osprey |
6 |
Buteo vulgaris |
Common Buzzard |
7 |
Archibuteo lagopus |
Rough-Legged Buzzard |
8 |
Pernis apivorus |
Honey-Buzzard |
9 |
Astur palumbarius |
Goshawk |
10 |
Accipiter nisus |
Sparrow-Hawk |
11 |
Falco islandus,J. F. Gmel. |
Iceland Falcon |
12 |
Falco islandus,J. F. Gmel. |
Iceland Falcon (young) |
13 |
Falco candicans,J. F. Gmel. |
Greenland Falcon, light race |
14 |
Falco candicans,J. F. Gmel. |
Greenland Falcon, dark race |
15 |
Falco candicans,J. F. Gmel. |
Greenland Falcon, dark race (young) |
16 |
Falco gyrfalco,Linn. |
Norwegian or Gyrfalcon |
17 |
Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon |
18 |
Falco subbuteo,Linn. |
Hobby |
19 |
Falco æsalon,Gmel. |
Merlin |
20 |
Erythropus vespertinus |
Orange-Legged Hobby |
21 |
Tinnunculus alaudarius |
Kestrel |
22 |
Milvus regalis |
Kite or Glead |
23 |
Milvus migrans |
Black Kite |
24 |
Circus æruginosus |
Marsh-Harrier |
25 |
Circus æruginosus |
Marsh-Harrier (young) |
26 |
Circus cyaneus |
Hen Harrier |
27 |
Circus cineraceus |
Ash-Coloured Harrier |
28 |
Strix flammea,Linn. |
Barn-Owl. |
29 |
Syrnium Aluco |
Tawny or Brown Owl |
30 |
Bubo maximus,Sibb. |
Eagle Owl |
31 |
Otus vulgaris |
Long-Eared Owl |
32 |
Brachyotus palustris |
Short-Eared Owl |
33 |
Scops zorca |
Scops Eared Owl |
34 |
Nyctea nivea |
Snowy Owl |
35 |
Surnia funerea |
Hawk Owl |
36 |
Nyctale tengmalmi |
Tengmalm's Owl |
37 |
Athene noctua |
Little Owl |
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Volume 2 |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
1 |
Caprimulgus europæus,Linn. |
Nightjar, or Goatsucker |
2 |
Caprimulgus ruficollis,Temm. |
Red-Necked Goatsucker |
3 |
Cypselus apus |
Swift |
4 |
Cypselus melba |
Alpine Swift |
5 |
Hirundo rustica,Linn. |
Swallow |
6 |
Chelidon urbica |
House-Martin |
7 |
Cotyle riparia |
Sand-Martin |
8 |
Cotyle riparia |
Sand-Martin (young) |
9 |
Merops apiaster,Linn. |
Bee-Eater |
10 |
Alcedo ispida,Linn. |
Kingfisher |
11 |
Coracias garrula,Linn. |
Roller |
12 |
Upupa epops,Linn. |
Hoopoe |
13 |
Lanius excubitor,Linn. |
Great Grey Shrike |
14 |
Lanius minor,Gmel. |
Rose-breasted Shrike |
15 |
Enneoctonus collurio |
Butcher Bird |
16 |
Enneoctonus rufus |
Woodchat |
17 |
Muscicapa atricapilla,Linn. |
Pied Flycatcher |
18 |
Muscicapa collaris,Bechst. |
White-Collared Flycatcher |
19 |
Butalis grisola |
Spotted Flycatcher |
20 |
Erythrosterna parva |
Red-breasted Flycatcher |
21 |
Ampelis garrulus |
Waxen Chatterer |
22 |
Sitta cæsia,Wolf et Meyer. |
Nuthatch |
23 |
Parus major,Linn. |
Great Tit |
24 |
Parus cæruleus |
Blue Tit |
25 |
Parus ater |
Coal Tit |
26 |
Parus cristatus,Linn. |
Crested Tit |
27 |
Pœcile palustris |
Marsh-Tit |
28 |
Mecistura caudata |
Long-Tailed Tit |
29 |
Mecistura caudata |
Long-Tailed Tit (young) |
30 |
Calamophilus biarmicus |
Bearded Tit |
31 |
Oriolus galbula,Linn. |
Golden Oriole |
32 |
Turdus musicus,Linn. |
Thrush |
33 |
Turdus viscivorus,Linn. |
Missel-Thrush |
34 |
Turdus iliacus,Linn. |
Redwing |
35 |
Turdus pilaris,Linn. |
Fieldfare |
36 |
Turdus atrogularis,Temm. |
Black-Throated Thrush |
37 |
Merula vulgaris,Ray. |
Blackbird |
38 |
Merula torquata |
Ring-Ousel |
39 |
Oreocincla aurea |
White's Thrush |
40 |
Cichloselys sibiricus |
Siberian Thrush |
41 |
Cinclus aquaticus |
Water-Ouzel or Dipper |
42 |
Cinclus melanogaster,Temm. |
Black-Bellied Water-Ouzel |
43 |
Petrocossyphus cyanus |
Blue Rock-Thrush |
44 |
Petrocincla saxatilis |
Rock-Thrush |
45 |
Saxicola œnanthe |
Wheatear |
46 |
Pratincola rubetra |
Whinchat |
47 |
Pratincola rubicola |
Stone-Chat or Furze-Chat |
48 |
Erythacus rubecula |
Robin, or Redbreast |
49 |
Cyanecula suecica |
Red-Throated Bluebreast |
50 |
Cyanecula leucocyana |
White-Throated Bluebreast |
51 |
Ruticilla phœnicura |
Redstart |
52 |
Ruticilla tithys |
Black Redstart |
53 |
Aëdon galactodes |
Rufous Sedge-Warbler |
54 |
Accentor alpinus |
Alpine Accentor |
55 |
Accentor modularis |
Hedge-Accentor, or Hedgesparrow |
56 |
Luscinia philomela |
Nightingale |
57 |
Sylvia cinerea |
Whitethroat |
58 |
Sylvia curruca |
Lesser Whitethroat |
59 |
Melizophilus provincialis |
Dartford Warbler |
60 |
Curruca atricapilla |
Blackcap |
61 |
Curruca orphea |
Orphean Warbler |
62 |
Curruca hortensis |
Garden-Warbler |
63 |
Troglodytes europæus |
Common Wren |
64 |
Certhia familiaris,Linn. |
Tree-Creeper |
65 |
Phyllopneuste trochilus |
Willow-Wren |
66 |
Phyllopneuste rufa |
Chiff-Chaff |
67 |
Phyllopneuste sibilatrix |
Wood Wren |
68 |
Reguloïdes superciliosus |
Yellow-Browed Warbler |
69 |
Regulus cristatus,Ray. |
Golden-Crested Wren, or Kinglet |
70 |
Regulus ingnicapillus |
Fire-Crested Wren |
71 |
Ficedula hypolais |
Melodious Warbler |
72 |
Acrocephalus turdoïdes |
Thrush Warbler |
73 |
Calamoherpe arundinacea |
Reed Warbler |
74 |
Calamoherpe palustris |
Marsh Warbler |
75 |
Calamodyta phragmitis |
Sedge Warbler of Chat |
76 |
Calamodyta aquatica |
Aquatic Warbler |
77 |
Lusciniopsis luscinioides |
Savi's Warbler |
78 |
Locustella avicula,Ray. |
Grasshopper Warbler |
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Volume 3 |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
1 |
Motacilla yarrelli,Gould. |
Pied Wagtail |
2 |
Motacilla alba,Linn. |
White Wagtail |
3 |
Budytes rayi |
Yellow Wagtail |
4 |
Budytes flava |
Grey-Headed Wagtail |
5 |
Budytes cinereocapilla |
Grey-Capped Wagtail |
6 |
Calobates sulphurea |
Grey Wagtail (summer plumage) |
7 |
Calobates sulphurea |
Grey Wagtail (winter plumage) |
8 |
Anthus richardii,Vieill. |
Richard's Pipit |
9 |
Anthus campestris |
Tawny Pipit |
10 |
Anthus obscurus |
Rock Pipit |
11 |
Anthus spinoletta |
Vinous Pipit |
12 |
Anthus cervinus |
Red-Throated Pipit |
13 |
Anthus pratensis |
Meadow-Pipit, or Titlark |
14 |
Anthus arboreus,Bechst. |
Tree-Pipit |
15 |
Alauda arvensis,Linn. |
Sky-Lark |
16 |
Alauda arborea,Linn. |
Wood-Lark |
17 |
Galerita cristata |
Crested Lark |
18 |
Otocoris alpestris |
Shore-Lark |
19 |
Melanocorypha calandra |
Calandra Lark |
20 |
Melanocorypha leucoptera |
White-Winged Lark |
21 |
Calandrella brachydactyla |
Short-Toed Lark |
22 |
Emberiza citrinella,Linn. |
Yellowhammer or Yellow Bunting |
23 |
Emberiza cirlus,Linn. |
Cirl Bunting |
24 |
Emberiza rustica,Pall. |
Rustic Bunting |
25 |
Emberiza pusilla,Pall. |
Dwarf Bunting |
26 |
Crithophaga miliaria |
Common Bunting |
27 |
Glycyspina hortulana |
Ortolan Bunting |
28 |
Euspiza melanocephala |
Black-Headed Euspiza |
29 |
Schænicola arundinacea |
Reed-Bunting |
30 |
Centrophanes lapponica |
Lapland Bunting |
31 |
Plectrophanes nivalis |
Snow-Bunting, or Snowflake |
32 |
Passer domesticus,Ray. |
Common or House Sparrow |
33 |
Passer montanus,Ray. |
Tree-Sparrow |
34 |
Fringilla Cælebs |
Chaffinch |
35 |
Fringilla montifringilla |
Bramble-Finch |
36 |
Carduelis elegans |
Goldfinch |
37 |
Chrysomitris spinus |
Siskin |
38 |
Serinus hortulanus |
Serin Finch |
39 |
Ligurinus chloris |
Greenfinch |
40 |
Coccothraustes vulgaris |
Hawfinch |
41 |
Pyrrhula vulgaris |
Bullfinch |
42 |
Pyrrhula vulgaris |
Bullfinch (young) |
43 |
Carpodacus erythrinus |
Scarlet Bullfinch |
44 |
Pinicola enucleator |
Pine-Grosbeak |
45 |
Loxia curvirostra,Linn. |
Common crossbill |
46 |
Loxia pityopsittacus,Bechst. |
Parrot Crossbill |
47 |
Loxia bifasciata |
White-winged Crossbill |
48 |
Loxia leucoptera,Gmel. |
American White-winged Crossbill |
49 |
Linota cannabina |
Linnet |
50 |
Linota montium |
Twite or Mountain-Linnet |
51 |
Ægiothus linaria |
Mealy Redpole |
52 |
Ægiothus rufescens |
Lesser Redpole |
53 |
Sturnus vulgaris,Linn. |
Starling |
54 |
Sturnus vulgaris,Linn. |
Starling (young) |
55 |
Pastor roseus |
Rose-Coloured Pastor |
56 |
Pastor roseus |
Rose-Coloured Pastor (young) |
57 |
Corvus corax,Linn. |
Raven |
58 |
Corvus corone,Linn. |
Carrion-Crow |
59 |
Corvus cornix,Linn. |
Hooded Crow |
60 |
Corvus frugilegus,Linn. |
Rook |
61 |
Corvus monedula,Linn. |
Jackdaw |
62 |
Fregilus graculus |
Chough |
63 |
Pica caudata |
Magpie |
64 |
Garrulus glandarius |
Jay |
65 |
Nucifraga caryocatactes |
Nutcracker |
66 |
Nucifraga caryocatactes |
Nutcracker (young) |
67 |
Cuculus canorus,Linn. |
Cuckoo |
68 |
Cuculus canorus,Linn. |
Cuckoo (young) |
69 |
Oxylophus glandarius |
Great Spotted Cuckoo |
70 |
Picus major,Linn. |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
71 |
Picus leuconotus,Bechst. |
White-Backed Woodpecker |
72 |
Picus minor,Linn. |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker |
73 |
Dryocopus martius |
Great Black Woodpecker |
74 |
Gecinus viridis |
Green Woodpecker, or Yaffle |
75 |
Gecinus viridis |
Green Woodpecker, or Yaffle (young) |
76 |
Yunx torquilla |
Wryneck |
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Volume 4 |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
1 |
Palumbus torquatus |
Wood-Pigeon-or Cushat |
2 |
Columba œnas,Linn. |
Stock-Dove |
3 |
Columba livia,Temm. |
Rock-Pigeon |
4 |
Turtur auritus,Ray. |
Turtledove |
5 |
Tetrao urogallus,Linn. |
Capercailzie or Cook of the Wood |
6 |
Tetrao tetrix,Linn. |
Blackcock |
7 |
Lagopus scoticus |
Red Grouse |
8 |
Lagopus mutus |
Ptarmigan (Winter plumage) |
9 |
Lagopus mutus |
Ptarmigan (Summer plumage) |
10 |
Lagopus mutus |
Ptarmigan (Autumn plumage) |
11 |
Syrrhaptes paradoxus |
Pallas's Sandgrouse |
12 |
Phasianus colchicus,Linn. |
Common Pheasant |
13 |
Perdix cinerea,Linn. |
Common european Partridge |
14 |
Caccabis rubra |
Red-legged Partridge |
15 |
Coturnix communis |
Common Quail |
16 |
Turnix africanus,Desf. |
Andalusian Turnix |
17 |
Otis tarda,Linn. |
Great Bustard |
18 |
Otis tetrax,Linn. |
Little Bustard |
19 |
Grus cinerea |
Common Crane |
20 |
Ardea cinerea,Linn. |
Heron |
21 |
Ardea purpurea,Linn. |
Purple Heron |
22 |
Herodias alba |
Great White Egret or White Heron |
23 |
Herodias Garzetta |
Little Egret |
24 |
Bubulcus russatus |
Buff-backed Heron |
25 |
Buphus comatus |
Squacco Heron |
26 |
Nycticorax griseus |
Night-Heron |
27 |
Botaurus stellaris |
Bittern |
28 |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
American Bittern |
29 |
Ardetta minuta |
Little Bittern |
30 |
Ciconia alba |
Stork |
31 |
Ciconia nigra |
Black Stork |
32 |
Platalea leucorodia,Linn. |
Spoonbill |
33 |
Vanellus cristatus |
Lapwing or Peewit |
34 |
Himantopus candidus |
Stilt- or Long-legged Plover |
35 |
Œdicnemus crepitans |
Stone-Plover, or Thick-knee |
36 |
Squatarola helvetica |
Grey Plover (Summer plumage) |
37 |
Squatarola helvetica |
Grey Plover (Plumage of Winter and young of the year) |
38 |
Charadrius pluvialis,Linn. |
Golden Plover (Summer plumage) |
39 |
Charadrius pluvialis,Linn. |
Golden Plover (Winter plumage) |
40 |
Ægialophilus cantianus |
Kentish Plover |
41 |
Ægialitis hiaticula |
Ringed Plover |
42 |
Ægialitis minor |
Little Ringed Plover |
43 |
Eudromias morinellus |
Dotterel |
44 |
Cursorius gallicus,Gmel. |
Cream-Coloured Courser |
45 |
Hæmatopus ostralegus,Linn. |
Oyster-catcher |
46 |
Glareola pratincola |
Common Pratincole |
47 |
Falcinellus igneus |
Glossy Ibis |
48 |
Numenius arquata |
Curlew |
49 |
Numenius phæopus |
Whimbrel |
50 |
Limosa melanura |
Black-tailed Godwit |
51 |
Limosa rufa |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
52 |
Recurvirostra avocetta,Linn. |
Avocet |
53 |
Glottis canescens |
Greenshank |
54 |
Totanus calidris |
Redshank |
55 |
Totanus fuscus |
Spotted Redshank |
56 |
Totanus ochropus |
Green Sandpiper |
57 |
Totanus glareola |
Wood-Sandpiper |
58 |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Summer Snipe |
59 |
Actitis macularius |
Spotted Sandpiper |
60 |
Strepsilas interpres |
Turnstone |
61 |
Machetes pugnax |
Ruff |
62 |
Machetes pugnax |
Ruff and Reeve in the plumage of the first autumn |
63 |
Actiturus bartramius |
Bartram's Sandpiper |
64 |
Tryngites rufescens |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
65 |
Tringa canutus,Linn. |
Knot |
66 |
Calidris arenaria |
Sanderling |
67 |
Limnocinclus pectoralis |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
68 |
Ancylocheilus subarquata |
Curlew Sandpiper |
69 |
Pelidna cinclus |
Dunlin (Summer plumage) |
70 |
Pelidna cinclus |
Dunlin (Winter plumage) |
71 |
Pelidna bonapartei |
Bonaparte's Sandpiper |
72 |
Actodromas minuta |
Little Stint |
73 |
Leimonites temminckii |
Temminck's Stint |
74 |
Arquatella maritima |
Purple Sandpiper |
75 |
Limicola pygmæa |
Broad-billed Sandpiper |
76 |
Macrorhamphus griseus |
Red-breasted or Brown Snipe |
77 |
Scolopax rusticola,Linn. |
Woodcock |
78 |
Gallinago major |
Great Snipe |
79 |
Gallinago scolopacina |
Common Snipe |
80 |
Lymnocryptes gallinula |
Jack Snipe |
81 |
Phalaropus fulicarius |
Grey Phalarope (Summer plumage) |
82 |
Phalaropus fulicarius |
Grey Phalarope (Winter plumage) |
83 |
Lobipes hyperboreus |
Red-necked Phalarope |
84 |
Fulica atra |
Coot |
85 |
Gallinula Chloropus |
Moorhen |
86 |
Rallus aquaticus,Linn. |
Water-Rail |
87 |
Crex pratensis |
Land-Rail, or Corn-Crake |
88 |
Porzana maruetta |
Spotted Crake |
89 |
Porzana pygmæa |
Baillon's Crake |
90 |
Porzana minuta |
Olivaceous Crake |
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Volume 5 |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
1 |
Anser ferus |
Grey Lag Goose |
2 |
Anser segetum |
Bean-Goose |
3 |
Anser brachyrhynchus,Baill. |
Pink-footed Goose |
4 |
Anser albifrons |
White-fronted Goose |
5 |
Bernicla leucopsis |
Bernicle Goose |
6 |
Bernicla ruficollis |
Red-breasted Goose |
7 |
Bernicla brenta |
Brent Goose |
8 |
Cygnus olor |
Mute Swan |
9 |
Cygnus ferus |
Wild Swan or Whooper |
10 |
Cygnus minor |
Bewick's Swan |
11 |
Tadorna vulpanser |
Sheldrake |
12 |
Casarca rutila |
Ruddy Sheldrake |
13 |
Mareca penelope |
Widgeon |
14 |
Spatula clypeata |
Shoveller Duck |
15 |
Anas boschas,Linn. |
Mallard or Wild Duck |
16 |
Querquedula crecca |
Teal |
17 |
Querquedula circia |
Garganey |
18 |
Dafila acuta |
Pintailed Duck |
19 |
Chaulelasmus strepera |
Gadwall |
20 |
Nyroca ferina |
Pochard |
21 |
Nyroca leucophthalmos |
White-eyed or Ferruginous Duck |
22 |
Branta rufina |
Red-crested Duck |
23 |
Fuligula cristata |
Tufted Duck |
24 |
Fuligula marila |
Scaup Duck |
25 |
Eniconetta stelleri |
Steller's Duck |
26 |
Somateria mollissima |
Eider Duck |
27 |
Somateria spectabilis |
King Duck |
28 |
Oidemia nigra |
Scoter |
29 |
Oidemia fusca |
Velvet Scoter |
30 |
Oidemia perspicillata |
Surf-Scoter |
31 |
Clangula glaucion |
Golden-eye |
32 |
Histrionicus torquatus |
Harlequin Duck |
33 |
Harelda glacialis |
Long-tailed Duck |
34 |
Mergus castor,Linn. |
Goosander |
35 |
Mergus serrator |
Merganser |
36 |
Mergus cucullatus,Linn. |
Hooded Merganser |
37 |
Mergus albellus |
Smew, or Nun |
38 |
Podiceps cristatus |
Great-crested Grebe |
39 |
Podiceps rubricollis |
Red-necked Grebe |
40 |
Podiceps auritus |
Horned Grebe |
41 |
Podiceps nigricollis |
Eared Grebe |
42 |
Podiceps minor |
Little Grebe or Dabchick |
43 |
Colymbus glacialis,Linn. |
Great Northern Diver |
44 |
Colymbus arcticus,Linn. |
Black-throated Diver |
45 |
Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn. |
Red-throated Diver |
46 |
Alca impennis |
Great Auk |
47 |
Alca torda,Linn |
Razorbill |
48 |
Uria troile |
Common Guillemot |
49 |
Uria grylle |
Black Guillemot |
50 |
Mergulus alle |
Little Auk |
51 |
Fratercula arctica |
Puffin |
52 |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Cormorant |
53 |
Phalacrocorax graculus |
Crested Cormorant, or Shag |
54 |
Sula bassana |
Gannet, or Solan Goose |
55 |
Larus marinus,Linn. |
Great Black-backed Gull |
56 |
Larus fuscus,Linn. |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
57 |
Larus glaucus,Brünn. |
Glaucous Gull |
58 |
Larus islandicus,Edm. |
Iceland Gull |
59 |
Larus argentatus,Brünn. |
Herring Gull |
60 |
Larus canus,Linn. |
Common Gull |
61 |
Rissa tridactyla |
Kittiwake |
62 |
Pagophila eburnea |
Ivory Gull |
63 |
Rhodostethia rossii |
Ross's Gull |
64 |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Black-headed Gull |
65 |
Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
Bonaparte's Gull |
66 |
Hydrocolœus minutus |
Little Gull |
67 |
Xema sabini |
Sabine's Gull |
68 |
Hydroprogne caspia |
Caspian Tern |
69 |
Actochelidon cantiaca |
Sandwich Tern |
70 |
Sterna hirundo,Linn? |
Common Tern |
71 |
Sterna paradisea,Brünn. |
Roseate Tern |
72 |
Sterna macrura,Naum. |
Arctic Tern |
73 |
Sternula minuta |
Little Tern |
74 |
Gelochelidon anglica |
Gull-billed Tern |
75 |
Hydrochelidon nigra |
Black Tern |
76 |
Hydrochelidon leucoptera |
White-winged Tern |
77 |
Hydrochelidon leucopareia |
Whiskered Tern |
78 |
Stercorarius catarrhactes |
Great Skua |
79 |
Stercorarius pomatorhinus |
Pomatorhine Skua |
80 |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Arctic Skua |
81 |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
Long-tailed Skua |
82 |
Procellaria glacialis,Linn. |
Fulmar |
83 |
Puffinus major,Fabr. |
Great Shearwater |
84 |
Puffinus anglorum |
Manx Shearwater |
85 |
Thalassidroma leachii |
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel |
86 |
Thalassidroma pelagica |
Storm-Petrel |
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