Printed on the plate
“Kingfisher”
Alcedo ispida
Engraved caption: ALCEDO ISPIDA, Linn..
Modern identification
Alcedo atthis
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Alcedo ispida = Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis; Linnaeus's ispida is now the race of Europe north of the Mediterranean, Britain included, A. a. ispida, not the nominate atthis.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 61
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
