Printed on the plate
“Little Tern”
Sterna minuta
Engraved caption: Little Tern Sterna minuta (Linn.)
Modern identification
Sternula albifrons
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Sterna minuta Linn. = Sternula albifrons (Little Tern); same species, older binomial
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.
