Printed on the plate
“Pectoral Sandpiper”
Limnocinclus pectoralis
Engraved caption: LIMNOCINCLUS PECTORALIS .
Modern identification
Calidris melanotos
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Limnocinclus pectoralis = Tringa pectoralis Say (maculata Vieill.), Calidris melanotos, Pectoral Sandpiper; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 327
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.
