Printed on the plate
“Purple Heron”
Ardea purpurea
Engraved caption: Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (Linn.)
Modern identification
Ardea purpurea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Ardea purpurea Linn. = Ardea purpurea (Purple Heron); 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.
