Printed on the plate
“Black-throated Diver”
Colymbus arcticus
Engraved caption: COLMBUS ARCTICUS, Linn.
Modern identification
Gavia arctica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Loons · Gaviidae
Why
Colymbus arcticus Linn. = Gavia arctica, Arctic Loon (Black-throated Diver); same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 394
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.
