Printed on the plate
“Green Woodpecker (young)”
Gecinus viridis
Engraved caption: GECINUS VIRIDIS.
Modern identification
Picus viridis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Gecinus viridis = Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis; the young of III.74.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 226
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
