Printed on the plate
“Chestnut-coloured Shieldrake”
Casarca tadornoides
Engraved caption: Casarca tadornoides
Modern identification
Tadorna tadornoides
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Casarca = Australian Shelduck
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.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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