Printed on the plate
“Jay”
Garrulus glandarius
Engraved caption: GARRULUS CLANDARIUS.
Modern identification
Garrulus glandarius
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Garrulus glandarius = Eurasian Jay; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 214; the plate
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.
