Printed on the plate
“Velvet Scoter”
Oidemia fusca
Engraved caption: Velvet Scoter Oidemia fusca (Flem.)
Modern identification
Melanitta fusca
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Velvet Scoter (American White-winged Scoter split off)
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.
