Printed on the plate
“Thick-kneed Bustard”
Œdicnemus crepitans
Engraved caption: Thick-kneed Bustard Oedicnemus crepitans (Temm.)
Modern identification
Burhinus oedicnemus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thick-knees · Burhinidae
Why
Stone Curlew = Eurasian Thick-knee
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
