Printed on the plate
“Bittern”
Botaurus stellaris
Engraved caption: BOTAURUS STELLLARIS.
Modern identification
Botaurus stellaris
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Botaurus stellaris = Ardea stellaris Linn., Eurasian Bittern; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 280
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lithWalter & Cohn Imp
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
