Printed on the plate
“Gull-billed Tern”
Sterna Anglica
Engraved caption: Gull Billed Tern Sterna Anglica (Montagu)
Modern identification
Gelochelidon nilotica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Gull-billed Tern
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.
