Printed on the plate
“Common Crossbill”
Loxia curvirostra
Engraved caption: LOXIA CURVIROSTRA, Linn.
Modern identification
Loxia curvirostra
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Loxia curvirostra = Red Crossbill; the nest and young were sent from Sweden, so not the Scottish Crossbill (described 1904).
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 202
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.
