Printed on the plate
“Stock-Dove”
Columba œnas
Engraved caption: COLUMBA CENAS, Linn
Modern identification
Columba oenas
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Columba oenas Linn. = Stock Dove; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 244
Who made the plate
J. Gould and 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.
