Printed on the plate
“Black-bellied Tern”
Sterna melanogaster
Engraved caption: STERNA MELANOGASTER. Temm.
Modern identification
Sterna acuticauda
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Temminck's Sterna melanogaster (syn. acuticauda Gray) = Black-bellied Tern.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter del. et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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