Printed on the plate
“Variegated Shoveller”
Spatula variegata
Engraved caption: Spatula variegata
Modern identification
Spatula rhynchotis
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Gould's Spatula variegata is the New Zealand race of Australasian Shoveler, S. r. variegata.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. Supp); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
