Printed on the plate
“Great Black Woodpecker”
Picus martius
Engraved caption: Great Black Woodpecker Picus martius (Linn.)
Modern identification
Dryocopus martius
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Picus martius Linn. = Dryocopus martius (Black Woodpecker); 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.
