Printed on the plate
“Common or House-Sparrow”
Passer domesticus
Engraved caption: PASSER DOMESTICUS, Ray.
Modern identification
Passer domesticus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Sparrows · Passeridae
Why
Passer domesticus = House Sparrow; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 184
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter: del. et lithWalter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
