Printed on the plate
“Wryneck”
Yunx torquilla
Engraved caption: YUNX TORQUILLA.
Modern identification
Jynx torquilla
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Yunx torquilla = Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 233
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.
