Printed on the plate
“Night-Heron”
Nycticorax griseus
Engraved caption: NYCTICORAX GRISEUS
Modern identification
Nycticorax nycticorax
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Nycticorax griseus = Ardea nycticorax Linn., Black-crowned Night Heron; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 279
Who made the plate
J. Gould & 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.
