Printed on the plate
“Common Heron”
Ardea cinerea
Engraved caption: Common Heron Ardea cinerea (Lath.)
Modern identification
Ardea cinerea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Ardea cinerea Lath. = Ardea cinerea (Gray Heron); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lithog.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.
