Printed on the plate
“Crested Cormorant, or Shag”
Phalacrocorax graculus
Engraved caption: PHALACROCORAX GRACULUS.
Modern identification
Gulosus aristotelis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cormorants and Shags · Phalacrocoracidae
Why
Phalacrocorax graculus = Pelecanus graculus Linn. (cristatus Fab.), Gulosus aristotelis, European Shag; the plate's crested, green-glossed bird is the Shag.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate
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.
