Printed on the plate
“Swallow”
Hirundo rustica
Engraved caption: HIRUNDO RUSTICA, Linn.
Modern identification
Hirundo rustica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Swallows · Hirundinidae
Why
Hirundo rustica = Barn Swallow; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 54
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.
