Printed on the plate
“Sandwich Tern”
Sterna cantiaca
Engraved caption: Sandwich Tern Sterna cantiaca (Gmel.)
Modern identification
Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Sterna cantiaca Gmel. = Thalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern); 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. No credit line on the sheet: the paper below the caption is blank to the sheet's foot.
