Printed on the plate
“Broad-billed Sandpiper”
Limicola pygmæa
Engraved caption: LIMICOLA PIGMEA.
Modern identification
Calidris falcinellus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Limicola pygmaea = Numenius pygmaeus Lath. (Tringa platyrhyncha Temm.), Calidris falcinellus, Broad-billed Sandpiper; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 331
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.
