Printed on the plate
“Long-tailed Skua”
Stercorarius longicaudus
Engraved caption: STERCORARIOS LONGICAUDOS.
Modern identification
Stercorarius longicaudus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Skuas and Jaegers · Stercorariidae
Why
Stercorarius longicaudus Vieill. (Buffon's Skua; Temminck's Lestris parasiticus) = Long-tailed Jaeger; the plate has its long central tail feathers.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 442
Who made the plate
J. Gould, and 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.
