Printed on the plate
“Bean Goose”
Anser segetum
Engraved caption: Bean Goose Anser segetum (Steph.)
This identification is still open; the reasoning below says what would settle it. If you can, open an issue with the evidence.
Modern identification
Anser serrirostris
- Open, leaning
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Tundra or Taiga Bean Goose? Bill shape decides. The figure's bill is short, deep and mostly black with a narrow pink band behind the nail, and Gould stresses the 'diminutive bill', which says Tundra (rossicus). A Taiga bird has a long slender bill with more orange. The pink band and pinkish-orange legs also need a Pink-footed Goose ruled out; it was not separated in Britain until 1839.
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption; Gould's text; Dresser, B. Eur. vi; the plate
Who made the plate
Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.