Printed on the plate
“Nightingale”
Philomela luscinia
Engraved caption: Nightingale Philomela luscinia (Swains.)
Modern identification
Luscinia megarhynchos
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Gould's Nightingale = Common Nightingale L. megarhynchos; his Thrush Nightingale is plate 117. Trap: modern Luscinia luscinia is the Thrush Nightingale
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
