Printed on the plate
“Grey-headed Green Woodpecker”
Picus canus
Engraved caption: Grey Headed Green Woodpecker Picus canus (Gmelin)
Modern identification
Picus canus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Picus canus Gmel. = Picus canus (Gray-headed 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.
