Printed on the plate
“Manks Shearwater”
Puffinus Anglorum
Engraved caption: Manks Shearwater Puffinus Anglorum (Ray)
Modern identification
Puffinus puffinus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Shearwaters and Petrels · Procellariidae
Why
Puffinus Anglorum Ray. = Puffinus puffinus (Manx Shearwater); 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.
