Printed on the plate
“Little Bittern”
Botaurus minutus
Engraved caption: Little Bittern Botaurus minutus (Selby)
Modern identification
Botaurus minutus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Botaurus minutus Selby. = Ixobrychus minutus (Little Bittern); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
