Printed on the plate
“Common Creeper”
Certhia familiaris
Engraved caption: Common Creeper Certhia familiaris (Linn.)
Modern identification
Certhia familiaris
- Judged
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Treecreepers · Certhiidae
Why
Gould's Common Creeper is the British resident bird, and the figure has pure white underparts to the vent, unmarked flanks, warm rufous upperparts and a short bill: the Eurasian Treecreeper, not the Short-toed, which was then lumped with it.
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.
