Printed on the plate
“Ivory Gull”
Pagophila eburnea
Engraved caption: PAGOPHILA EBURNEA .
Modern identification
Pagophila eburnea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Pagophila eburnea = Larus eburneus Phipps, Ivory Gull; same species.
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.
