Printed on the plate
“Common Tern”
Sterna Hirundo
Engraved caption: Common Tern Sterna Hirundo (Linn.)
Modern identification
Sterna hirundo
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Sterna Hirundo Linn. = Sterna hirundo (Common Tern); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; 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.
