Printed on the plate
“Sabine's Snipe / Common Snipe”
Scolopax Sabini / Scolopax Gallinago
Engraved caption: Sabine's Snipe / Common Snipe Scolopax Sabini (Vigors) / Scolopax Gallinago (Linn.)
Modern identification
Figure 1. Sabine's Snipe.
Printed “Sabine's Snipe”
Gallinago gallinago
- Judged
- A variant
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Sabine's Snipe is the melanistic morph of the Common Snipe, not a species. Gould's upper figure is that dark bird, uniformly dark chestnut-brown below with no white belly.
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Figure 2. Common Snipe.
Printed “Common Snipe”
Gallinago gallinago
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Scolopax Gallinago Linn. = Gallinago gallinago (Common Snipe); 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.
