Printed on the plate
“Middle Spotted Woodpecker”
Picus medius
Engraved caption: Middle Spotted Woodpecker Picus medius (Linn.)
Modern identification
Dendrocoptes medius
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Picus medius Linn. = Dendrocoptes medius (Middle Spotted Woodpecker); same species
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.