Printed on the plate
“Curlew”
Numenius arquata
Engraved caption: NUMENIOS ARQUATA .
Modern identification
Numenius arquata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Numenius arquata = Scolopax arquata Linn., Eurasian Curlew; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 302
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.
