Printed on the plate
“Shoveller Duck”
Spatula clypeata
Engraved caption: SPATULA CLYPEATA
Modern identification
Spatula clypeata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Spatula clypeata = Anas clypeata Linn., Northern Shoveler; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 360
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.
