Printed on the plate
“Pied Wagtail”
Motacilla Yarrelli
Engraved caption: MOTACILLA YARRELLI.
Modern identification
Motacilla alba
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
Why
Motacilla yarrellii = the Pied Wagtail, M. alba yarrellii, a race of White Wagtail.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 141
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.
