Printed on the plate
“Avocet”
Recurvirostra Avocetta
Engraved caption: Avocet Recurvirostra avocetta (Linn.)
Modern identification
Recurvirostra avosetta
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Stilts and Avocets · Recurvirostridae
Why
Recurvirostra Avocetta Linn. = Recurvirostra avosetta (Pied Avocet); same species, older binomial
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life and 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.
