Printed on the plate
“Jardine’s Harrier”
Circus Jardinii
Engraved caption: Circus Jardinii
Modern identification
Circus assimilis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
jardinii Gould = Spotted Harrier (true C. assimilis); not in BirdNET
Sources
List of Plates (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del. et lith.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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