Printed on the plate
“White-winged Tern”
Hydrochelidon leucoptera
Engraved caption: HYDROCHELIDON LEUCOPTERA.
Modern identification
Chlidonias leucopterus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Hydrochelidon leucoptera = Sterna leucoptera Meisner & Schinz, Chlidonias leucopterus, White-winged Tern; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 423
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.
