Printed on the plate
“Black-tailed Godwit”
Limosa melanuroides
Engraved caption: Limosa melanuroides
Modern identification
Limosa limosa
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Gould's Limosa melanuroides is the eastern race of Black-tailed Godwit, L. l. melanuroides.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk; pinned in Featherframe (gould_australia.yaml)
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.
