Printed on the plate
“Bonaparte's Sandpiper”
Pelidna Bonapartei
Engraved caption: PELODNA BONAPARTEI
Modern identification
Calidris fuscicollis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Pelidna bonapartei (Schlegel's Tringa bonapartei, Bonaparte's T. schinzii) = Calidris fuscicollis, White-rumped Sandpiper; Gould's text gives the white rump and short bill, and the plate shows the white rump.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 330
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
