Printed on the plate
“Oyster Catcher”
Hæmatopus Ostralegus
Engraved caption: Oyster Catcher Haematopus Ostralegus (Linn.)
Modern identification
Haematopus ostralegus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Oystercatchers · Haematopodidae
Why
Hæmatopus Ostralegus Linn. = Haematopus ostralegus (Eurasian Oystercatcher); same species
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.
