Printed on the plate
“Whimbrel”
Numenius Phæopus
Engraved caption: Whimbrel Numenius Phaeopus (Lath.)
Modern identification
Numenius phaeopus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Whimbrel (Eurasian); eBird splits Whimbrel; the binomial stays with Eurasian Whimbrel
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.
