Printed on the plate
“Little Grebe, or Dabchick”
Podiceps minor
Engraved caption: PODICEPS MINOR.
Modern identification
Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Grebes · Podicipedidae
Why
Podiceps minor = Colymbus minor Gmel., Tachybaptus ruficollis, Little Grebe; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 392
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
