Printed on the plate
“Moorhen”
Gallinula chloropus
Engraved caption: GALLINULA CHLOROPUS.
Modern identification
Gallinula chloropus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Gallinula chloropus = Fulica chloropus Linn., Eurasian Moorhen, the Old World bird since split from the American Common Gallinule.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 342
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and 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.
