Printed on the plate
“Coot”
Fulica atra
Engraved caption: FULICA ATRA.
Modern identification
Fulica atra
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Fulica atra Linn. = Eurasian Coot; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 338
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
