Printed on the plate
“White Tern”
Gygis candida
Engraved caption: Gygis candida
Modern identification
Gygis candida
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
candida = Blue-billed White-Tern: Gould's birds are Pacific and Indian Ocean (E Australia, Norfolk I., Elizabeth I., Keeling I.), bill blue at base; eBird splits White Tern
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
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
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