Printed on the plate
“Great Spotted Woodpecker”
Picus major
Engraved caption: PICUS MAJOR, Linn.
Modern identification
Dendrocopos major
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Picus major = Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 229
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.
