Printed on the plate
“Black-billed Tern”
Sterna melanorhyncha
Engraved caption: Sterna melanorhyncha
Modern identification
Sterna striata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
melanorhyncha Gould (= velox; Tasmanian waters, winter plumage) = White-fronted Tern (replacement name sanctipauli)
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk; pinned in Featherframe (gould_australia.yaml)
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.