Printed on the plate
“Water Crake”
Porzana palustris
Engraved caption: Porzana palustris
Modern identification
Zapornia pusilla
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Gould's Porzana palustris is the Australasian race of Baillon's Crake, Z. p. palustris.
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.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
