Printed on the plate
“Woodcock”
Scolopax rusticola
Engraved caption: SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA, Linn.
Modern identification
Scolopax rusticola
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Scolopax rusticola Linn. = Eurasian Woodcock; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 319
Who made the plate
J. Wolf. and H. C. Richter del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
