Printed on the plate
“Steller's Duck”
Eniconetta Stelleri
Engraved caption: ENICONETTA STELLERI.
Modern identification
Polysticta stelleri
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Eniconetta stelleri = Anas stelleri Pall. (dispar Sparrm.), Polysticta stelleri, Steller's Eider; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
