Printed on the plate
“American Cuckoo”
Coccyzus Americanus
Engraved caption: American Cuckoo Coccyzus Americanus (Bonap.)
Modern identification
Coccyzus americanus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cuckoos · Cuculidae
Why
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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.
