Printed on the plate
“Red-crested Duck”
Branta rufina
Engraved caption: BRANTA RUFINA.
Modern identification
Netta rufina
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Branta rufina Boie = Anas rufina Pall., Netta rufina, Red-crested Pochard. Boie's Branta is not today's goose genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 369
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
