Printed on the plate
“Puffin”
Fratercula arctica
Engraved caption: HRATERCOLA ARCTICA.
Modern identification
Fratercula arctica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Auks, Murres, and Puffins · Alcidae
Why
Fratercula arctica = Alca arctica Linn., Atlantic Puffin; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 403
Who made the plate
Walter, Imp.
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
