Printed on the plate
“Gull-billed Tern”
Gelochelidon anglica
Engraved caption: GELOCHELDON ANGLICA .
Modern identification
Gelochelidon nilotica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Gelochelidon anglica = Sterna anglica Mont., Gelochelidon nilotica, Gull-billed Tern; the Australian Tern split from it is not a European bird.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 416
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.
