Printed on the plate
“Dunlin (winter plumage)”
Pelidna cinclus
Engraved caption: PELIDNA CINCLUS .
Modern identification
Calidris alpina
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Pelidna cinclus in winter plumage = Dunlin; the second of Gould's plates of this bird; the text is with plate IV.69.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text (with plate IV.69); the plate; Birds of Europe plate 329
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.
