Printed on the plate
“Common Pratincole”
Glareola pratincola
Engraved caption: GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA.
Modern identification
Glareola pratincola
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pratincoles and Coursers · Glareolidae
Why
Glareola pratincola = Hirundo pratincola Linn., Collared Pratincole. Gould's text keeps the Black-winged Pratincole (G. melanoptera) apart.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 265
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, 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.
