Printed on the plate
“Bee Eater”
Merops Apiaster
Engraved caption: Bee Eater Merops Apiaster (Linn.)
Modern identification
Merops apiaster
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bee-eaters · Meropidae
Why
Merops Apiaster Linn. = Merops apiaster (European Bee-eater); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life & 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.
