Printed on the plate
“Shag, or Green Cormorant”
Phalacrocorax cristatus
Engraved caption: Shag or Green Cormorant Phalacrocorax cristatus (Steph. Flem.)
Modern identification
Gulosus aristotelis
- Certain
- Cormorants and Shags · Phalacrocoracidae
Why
Phalacrocorax cristatus = Gulosus aristotelis, European Shag.
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.
