Printed on the plate
“Spotted Cormorant”
Phalacrocorax punctatus
Engraved caption: Phalacrocorax punctatus
Modern identification
Phalacrocorax punctatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cormorants and Shags · Phalacrocoracidae
Why
Spotted Shag (NZ); not in BirdNET
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.