Printed on the plate
“Great Spotted Cuckoo”
Oxylophus glandarius
Engraved caption: OXYLOPHUS GLANDARTUS.
Modern identification
Clamator glandarius
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cuckoos · Cuculidae
Why
Oxylophus glandarius = Great Spotted Cuckoo, Clamator glandarius; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 241
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.
