Printed on the plate
“Greenshank”
Glottis canescens
Engraved caption: GLOTTIS CANESCENS
Modern identification
Tringa nebularia
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Glottis canescens = Scolopax canescens Gmel. (Totanus glottis), Tringa nebularia, Common Greenshank; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 312
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.
