Printed on the plate
“Marsh-Warbler”
Calamoherpe palustris
Engraved caption: CALAMOHERPE PALUSTRIS.
Modern identification
Acrocephalus palustris
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Reed Warblers and Allies · Acrocephalidae
Why
Calamoherpe palustris = Marsh Warbler, Acrocephalus palustris. Gould doubted it differed from the Reed Warbler but drew it apart, with the flesh-coloured legs Harting gave as its mark.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 109; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
