Printed on the plate
“Schinz's Sandpiper”
Tringa Schinzii
Engraved caption: Schinz's Sandpiper Tringa Schinzii (Bonap.)
Modern identification
Calidris fuscicollis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Bonaparte's Tringa schinzii, not Brehm's Dunlin race: Gould separates the two in his text, and figures the American bird with a short bill, long wings and a white rump. White-rumped Sandpiper.
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. GouldPrinted 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.
