Printed on the plate
“Great Black Woodpecker”
Drycocopus martius
Engraved caption: DRYOCOPUS MARTIUS .
Modern identification
Dryocopus martius
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Dryocopus martius, the Great Black Woodpecker = Black Woodpecker; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 225
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.
