Printed on the plate
“Egyptian Goose”
Chenalopex Egyptiaca
Engraved caption: Egyptian Goose Chenalopex Ægyptiaca (Steph.)
Modern identification
Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Chenalopex Egyptiaca Steph. = Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian Goose); same species, older binomial
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
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