Printed on the plate
“Wild Swan, or Whooper”
Cygnus ferus
Engraved caption: CYGNUS FERUS.
Modern identification
Cygnus cygnus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Cygnus ferus Leach = Anas cygnus Linn., Cygnus cygnus, Whooper Swan; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 355
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & 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.
