Printed on the plate
“Land-Rail, or Corn Crake”
Crex pratensis
Engraved caption: CREX PRATENSIS.
Modern identification
Crex crex
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Crex pratensis Bechst. = Rallus crex Linn., Crex crex, Corn Crake; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 341
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
