Printed on the plate
“Wood Pigeon”
Columba palumbus
Engraved caption: Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus (Linn.)
Modern identification
Columba palumbus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Columba palumbus Linn. = Columba palumbus (Common Wood-Pigeon); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.Printed by C. Hullmandel
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
