Printed on the plate
“Sooty Oyster-catcher”
Haematopus fuliginosus
Engraved caption: Haematopus fuliginosus
Modern identification
Haematopus fuliginosus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Oystercatchers · Haematopodidae
Why
Sooty Oystercatcher
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 and Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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