Printed on the plate
“Little Cormorant”
Phalacrocorax pygmæus
Engraved caption: Little Cormorant Carbo pygmæus (Temm.)
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Little Cormorant.
Modern identification
Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Certain
- Cormorants and Shags · Phalacrocoracidae
Why
Phalacrocorax pygmæus = Microcarbo pygmaeus, Pygmy Cormorant.
Sources
General List (vol. I); 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.