Printed on the plate
“Snow Bunting”
Plectrophanes nivalis
Engraved caption: Snow Bunting Plectrophanes nivalis (Meyer)
Modern identification
Plectrophenax nivalis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Longspurs and Snow Buntings · Calcariidae
Why
Plectrophanes nivalis Meyer. = Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life & 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.
