Printed on the plate
“Black-tailed Godwit”
Limosa melanura
Engraved caption: LIMOSA MELLANURA, LesL.
Modern identification
Limosa limosa
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Limosa melanura Leisl. = Scolopax limosa Linn., Limosa limosa, Black-tailed Godwit; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 305
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
