Printed on the plate
“Red-throated Diver”
Colymbus septentrionalis
Engraved caption: Red-throated Diver Colymbus septentrionalis (Linn.)
Modern identification
Gavia stellata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Loons · Gaviidae
Why
Colymbus septentrionalis Linn. = Gavia stellata (Red-throated Loon); same species, older binomial
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
