Printed on the plate
“Arctic Tern”
Sterna macrura
Engraved caption: STFRNA MACRURA, Naum.
Modern identification
Sterna paradisaea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Sterna macrura Naum. (arctica Temm.) = Sterna paradisaea, Arctic Tern; the plate's all-red bills and short legs are the Arctic's.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 419
Who made the plate
J. Gould, and H. C. Richter, del. et lithWalter, 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.
