Printed on the plate
“Gannet, or Solan Goose”
Sula bassana
Engraved caption: SULA BASSANA, Linn.
Modern identification
Morus bassanus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Boobies and Gannets · Sulidae
Why
Sula bassana = Pelecanus bassanus Linn., Morus bassanus, Northern Gannet; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 412
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
