Printed on the plate
“Fork-tailed Storm Petrel”
Thalassidroma Leachii
Engraved caption: Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Common Storm-Petrel Thalassidroma Leachii; Thalassidroma pelagica (Selby)
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel.
Modern identification
Hydrobates leucorhous
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Northern Storm-Petrels · Hydrobatidae
Why
Leach's Storm Petrel
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.
