Printed on the plate
“Kittiwake”
Rissa tridactyla
Engraved caption: RISSA TRIDACTYLA.
Modern identification
Rissa tridactyla
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Rissa tridactyla = Larus tridactylus Linn., Black-legged Kittiwake; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 435
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.
