Printed on the plate
“Grey Plover (plumage of winter and young)”
Squatarola helvetica
Engraved caption: SQUATAROLA HELVETICA.
Modern identification
Pluvialis squatarola
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Squatarola helvetica in winter and young plumage = Black-bellied (Grey) Plover; the second of Gould's plates of this bird; the text is with plate IV.36.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text (with plate IV.36); the plate; Birds of Europe plate 290
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lithWalter, 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.
