Printed on the plate
“Baillon's Crake”
Zapornia Baillonii
Engraved caption: Baillon's Crake Zapornia Bailloni (Leach)
Modern identification
Zapornia pusilla
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Baillon's Crake is today's Zapornia pusilla
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.
