Printed on the plate
“Freckled Bittern”
Botaurus lentiginosus
Engraved caption: Freckled Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus (Stephens)
Modern identification
Botaurus lentiginosus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
American Bittern
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
