Printed on the plate
“Bartram's Sandpiper”
Actiturus Bartramius
Modern identification
Bartramia longicauda
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Actiturus bartramius (Wilson's Tringa bartramia, Bechstein's longicauda) = Bartramia longicauda, Upland Sandpiper. The engraved caption is lost in the binding gutter, but the text leaf and the plate (small head, large eye, short yellow bill, long barred tail) settle it.
Sources
Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 313
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends at the foot of the picture.
