Printed on the plate
“Baillon's Crake”
Porzana pygmæa
Engraved caption: PORZANA PYGMÆA.
Modern identification
Zapornia pusilla
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Porzana pygmaea = Crex pygmaea Naum. (baillonii Vieill.), Zapornia pusilla, Baillon's Crake; the plate has its barred flanks and white-marked back.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 344
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & 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.
