Printed on the plate
“Lesser Spotted Woodpecker”
Picus minor
Engraved caption: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Picus minor (Linn.)
Modern identification
Dryobates minor
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Picus minor Linn. = Dryobates minor (Lesser 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.
