Printed on the plate
“Scoter”
Oidemia nigra
Engraved caption: OIDEMIA NIGRA.
Modern identification
Melanitta nigra
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Oidemia nigra = Anas nigra Linn., Melanitta nigra, Common Scoter; the American Black Scoter is split off.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 378
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.
