Printed on the plate
“Golden Plover (winter plumage)”
Charadrius pluvialis
Engraved caption: CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS, Lin.
Modern identification
Pluvialis apricaria
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Charadrius pluvialis in winter plumage = European Golden-Plover; the second of Gould's plates of this bird; the text is with plate IV.38.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text (with plate IV.38); the plate; Birds of Europe plate 294
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & 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.
