Printed on the plate
“Lapwing”
Vanellus cristatus
Engraved caption: Lapwing Vanellus cristatus (Meyer)
Modern identification
Vanellus vanellus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Vanellus cristatus Meyer. = Vanellus vanellus (Northern Lapwing); same species, older binomial
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.
