Printed on the plate
“Pomatorhine Skua”
Stercorarius pomatorhinus
Engraved caption: STERCORARIUS POMATORHNUS.
Modern identification
Stercorarius pomarinus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Skuas and Jaegers · Stercorariidae
Why
Stercorarius pomatorhinus = Lestris pomarinus Temm., Stercorarius pomarinus, Pomarine Jaeger; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 440
Who made the plate
J. Wolf. and H. C. Richter. del. et lith.Walter, Imp
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
