Printed on the plate
“Forked-tailed Storm-Petrel”
Thalassidroma Leachii
Engraved caption: THALASSIDROMA LEACHI.
Modern identification
Hydrobates leucorhous
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Northern Storm-Petrels · Hydrobatidae
Why
Thalassidroma leachii = Procellaria leachii Temm., Hydrobates leucorhous, Leach's Storm-Petrel (Gould's Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel); same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 447
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.
