Printed on the plate
“American Bittern”
Botaurus lentiginosus
Engraved caption: BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS .
Modern identification
Botaurus lentiginosus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu's Ardea lentiginosa) = American Bittern; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 281
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
