Printed on the plate
“Woodcock”
Scolopax rusticola
Engraved caption: Woodcock Scolopax rusticola (Linn.)
Modern identification
Scolopax rusticola
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Scolopax rusticola Linn. = Scolopax rusticola (Eurasian Woodcock); 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.
