Printed on the plate
“Avocet”
Recurvirostra avocetta
Engraved caption: RECURVIROSTRA AVOCETTA, Lin.
Modern identification
Recurvirostra avosetta
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Stilts and Avocets · Recurvirostridae
Why
Recurvirostra avocetta Linn. = Recurvirostra avosetta, Pied Avocet; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 308
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.
