Printed on the plate
“Bar-tailed Godwit”
Limosa rufa
Engraved caption: IIMOSA RUFA, Temm.
Modern identification
Limosa lapponica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Limosa rufa Temm. = Scolopax lapponica Linn., Limosa lapponica, Bar-tailed Godwit; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 306
Who made the plate
Walter, Imp.
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
