Printed on the plate
“Indian Scops Owl”
Scops pennatus
Engraved caption: SCOPS PENNATA.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Indian Scops-Owl.
Modern identification
Otus sunia
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Scops pennatus Hodgson is his name for the grey phase of the Nepal scops owl he called sunia in its red phase (Jerdon, quoted by Gould); the plate shows both phases. A synonym of the nominate Oriental Scops-Owl, so no form.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.