Printed on the plate
“Swift”
Cypselus apus
Engraved caption: CYPSELUS APUS.
Modern identification
Apus apus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Swifts · Apodidae
Why
Cypselus apus = Common Swift, Apus apus; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 53; the plate
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
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