Printed on the plate
“White Wagtail”
Motacilla alba
Engraved caption: MOTACILLA АLBA, Linn.
Modern identification
Motacilla alba
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
Why
Motacilla alba = White Wagtail; the grey-backed bird Gould kept apart from the Pied Wagtail (III.1).
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 143
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.
