Printed on the plate
“Reed-Warbler”
Calamoherpe arundinacea
Engraved caption: CALAMOHERPE ARUNDINACEA.
Modern identification
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Reed Warblers and Allies · Acrocephalidae
Why
Calamoherpe arundinacea = Common Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Gould's arundinacea is not today's A. arundinaceus (II.72).
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 108; 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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