Printed on the plate
“Golden Plover (summer plumage)”
Charadrius pluvialis
Engraved caption: CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS, Linn.
Modern identification
Pluvialis apricaria
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Charadrius pluvialis Linn. = Pluvialis apricaria, European Golden-Plover, in summer dress; the first of Gould's two Golden Plover plates.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 294
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
