Printed on the plate
“Foolish Guillemot”
Uria Troile
Engraved caption: Foolish Guillemot Uria Troile (Lath.)
Modern identification
Uria aalge
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Auks, Murres, and Puffins · Alcidae
Why
Guillemot = Common Murre
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.
