Printed on the plate
“Jack Snipe”
Limnocryptes gallinula
Engraved caption: LYMNYOCRYPTES CALLVULA.
Modern identification
Lymnocryptes minimus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Limnocryptes gallinula = Scolopax gallinula Linn., Lymnocryptes minimus, Jack Snipe; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 322
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lithWalter 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.
