Printed on the plate
“Grey Wagtail (winter plumage)”
Calobates sulphurea
Engraved caption: CALOBATES SULPHUREA.
Modern identification
Motacilla cinerea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
Why
Calobates sulphurea = Gray Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, in winter dress; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 147
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.
