Printed on the plate
“Storm-Petrel”
Thalassidroma pelagica
Engraved caption: THALASSODROMA PELAGICA .
Modern identification
Hydrobates pelagicus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Northern Storm-Petrels · Hydrobatidae
Why
Thalassidroma pelagica = Procellaria pelagica Linn., Hydrobates pelagicus, European Storm-Petrel; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 448
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.
