Printed on the plate
“Common Snipe”
Gallinago scolopacina
Engraved caption: GALLINAGO SCOLOPACINUS.
Modern identification
Gallinago gallinago
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Gallinago scolopacina = Scolopax gallinago Linn., Common Snipe; Gould's synonymy includes Sabine's Snipe, its dark morph.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 321
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lithWalter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
