Printed on the plate
“Summer Snipe”
Actitis hypoleucos
Engraved caption: ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS.
Modern identification
Actitis hypoleucos
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Actitis hypoleucos = Tringa hypoleucos Linn., Common Sandpiper; Gould's English 'Summer Snipe' is an old name for it, not a snipe.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 316
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.
