Printed on the plate
“Buff-breasted Sandpiper”
Tryngites rufescens
Engraved caption: TRYNGITES RUFESCENS .
Modern identification
Calidris subruficollis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Tryngites rufescens = Tringa rufescens Vieill., Calidris subruficollis, Buff-breasted Sandpiper; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 326
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.
