Printed on the plate
“Common Crane”
Grus cinerea
Engraved caption: GRUS CINEREA
Modern identification
Grus grus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cranes · Gruidae
Why
Grus cinerea Bechst. = Ardea grus Linn., Grus grus, Common Crane; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 270
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
