Printed on the plate
“Bewick's Swan”
Cygnus minor
Engraved caption: CYGNUS MINOR
Modern identification
Cygnus columbianus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Cygnus minor = Bewick's Swan, C. columbianus bewickii, now a race of the Tundra Swan.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 356
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
