Printed on the plate
“Sand-Martin (young)”
Cotyle riparia
Engraved caption: COTYLE RIPARIA
Modern identification
Riparia riparia
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Swallows · Hirundinidae
Why
Cotyle riparia = Sand Martin (Bank Swallow), Riparia riparia; the young of II.7.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 58
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
