Printed on the plate
“Great White Egret, or White Heron”
Herodias alba
Engraved caption: OERODTAS ALBA
Modern identification
Ardea alba
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Herodias alba = Ardea alba Linn., Great Egret; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 276
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off at the sheet's foot: the left credit line is gone, and of the printer's credit line only the tops of the letters show.
