Printed on the plate
“Solan Gannet”
Sula Bassana
Engraved caption: Solan Gannet Sula Bassana (Briss.)
Modern identification
Morus bassanus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Boobies and Gannets · Sulidae
Why
Sula Bassana Briss. = Morus bassanus (Northern Gannet); 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.
