Printed on the plate
“Indian Screech Owl”
Strix indica
Engraved caption: STRIX INDICA, Blyth.
Modern identification
Tyto javanica
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Barn-Owls · Tytonidae
Why
Strix indica Blyth (India, Ceylon; syn. S. flammea Blyth) = Eastern Barn Owl, race stertens; eBird splits Barn Owl; KU's Athene brama indica matched the epithet
Sources
List of Plates (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue
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.
