Printed on the plate
“Puffin”
Mormon Fratercula
Engraved caption: Puffin Mormon Fratercula (Temm.)
Modern identification
Fratercula arctica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Auks, Murres, and Puffins · Alcidae
Why
Mormon Fratercula Temm. = Fratercula arctica (Atlantic Puffin); same species, older binomial
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.
