Printed on the plate
“Common Gallinule”
Gallinula chloropus
Engraved caption: Common Gallinule Gallinula Chloropus (Lath.)
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Common Gallinule.
Modern identification
Gallinula chloropus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Moorhen
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.
