Printed on the plate
“Eared Grebe”
Podiceps auritus
Engraved caption: Eared Grebe Podiceps auritus (Linn.)
Modern identification
Podiceps nigricollis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Grebes · Podicipedidae
Why
Gould's Eared Grebe (Latham's auritus) = Black-necked Grebe P. nigricollis. Trap: modern P. auritus is the Horned Grebe (plate 390)
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life & 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.
