Printed on the plate
“Heron”
Ardea cinerea
Engraved caption: ARDEA CINFREA, Linn.
Modern identification
Ardea cinerea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Ardea cinerea Linn. = Gray Heron; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 273
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.
