Error in this depiction of a Stirling engine?

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greypilgrim
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Hi.
In my (German) physics lecture notes, I found this depiction of a Stirling engine:
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According to the text, it should be
A: isothermal expansion
B: isochoric cooling
C: isothermal compression
D: isochoric heating

This seems correct for the PV diagram, but strange in the illustration on the right. Shouldn't A and C be (approximately) isochoric since that's where piston A (green) is at dead centre?
 
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