Printed on the plate
“Shaheen Falcon”
Falco Peregrinator
Engraved caption: FALCO PEREGRINATOR.
Modern identification
Falco peregrinus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Falco peregrinator Sundevall, the Shaheen of India and Ceylon, is the Peregrine's resident race F. p. peregrinator (eBird group Shaheen).
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
