Printed on the plate
“Green Woodpecker”
Picus viridis
Engraved caption: Green Woodpecker Picus viridis (Linn.)
Modern identification
Picus viridis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Green Woodpecker (Iberian P. sharpei split, not Gould's bird)
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.
