Printed on the plate
“Laughing Gull”
Xema ridibunda
Engraved caption: Laughing Gull Xema ridibundus (Boje)
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Laughing Gull.
Modern identification
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
anchor, verified on the plate: Gould's 'Laughing Gull' = Black-headed Gull
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.
