Printed on the plate
“Little Egret”
Ardea garzetta
Engraved caption: Little Egret Ardea garzetta (Linn.)
Modern identification
Egretta garzetta
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Ardea garzetta Linn. = Egretta garzetta (Little Egret); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lithPrinted by C. Hullmandel
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
