Printed on the plate
“Coot”
Fulica atra
Engraved caption: Coot Fulica ater (Linn.)
Modern identification
Fulica atra
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Fulica atra Linn. = Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
