Printed on the plate
“Chaffinch”
Fringilla cœlebs
Engraved caption: FRINGILLA CÆLEBS.
Modern identification
Fringilla coelebs
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Fringilla coelebs = Common Chaffinch; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 187
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & 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.
