Printed on the plate
“Red-throated Diver”
Colymbus septentrionalis
Engraved caption: COYMBOS SEPTENTRIONALIS, Lnn.
Modern identification
Gavia stellata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Loons · Gaviidae
Why
Colymbus septentrionalis Linn. = Gavia stellata, Red-throated Loon; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 395
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.
