Printed on the plate
“Black-tailed Godwit”
Limosa melanura
Engraved caption: Black-tailed Godwit Limosa melanura (Leisler)
Modern identification
Limosa limosa
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Black-tailed Godwit
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.
