Printed on the plate
“Great Northern Diver”
Colymbus glacialis
Engraved caption: COLYMBUS GACIAIIS, Linn.
Modern identification
Gavia immer
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Loons · Gaviidae
Why
Colymbus glacialis Linn. (immer Linn.) = Gavia immer, Common Loon (Great Northern Diver); same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 393
Who made the plate
J. Gould, and 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.
