Printed on the plate
“Great Bustard”
Otis tarda
Engraved caption: OTIS TARDA, Lin.
Modern identification
Otis tarda
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bustards · Otididae
Why
Otis tarda Linn. = Great Bustard; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
