Printed on the plate
“Common Storm Petrel”
Thalassidroma pelagica
Engraved caption: Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Common Storm-Petrel Thalassidroma Leachii; Thalassidroma pelagica (Selby)
Modern identification
Hydrobates pelagicus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Northern Storm-Petrels · Hydrobatidae
Why
Thalassidroma pelagica Selby. = Hydrobates pelagicus (European Storm-Petrel); 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
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