Printed on the plate
“Common Guillemot”
Uria troile
Engraved caption: URIA TROILE.
Modern identification
Uria aalge
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Auks, Murres, and Puffins · Alcidae
Why
Uria troile = Colymbus troile Linn., Uria aalge, Common Murre (Guillemot). Gould figures the common and the bridled ('Ringed') Guillemot, which is a morph of the same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 396
Who made the plate
J. Gould & 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.
