Printed on the plate
“Chestnut-faced Owl”
Strix castanops
Engraved caption: Strix castanops
Modern identification
Tyto novaehollandiae
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Barn-Owls · Tytonidae
Why
Gould's Strix castanops = Tasmanian Masked-Owl, Tyto novaehollandiae castanops.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk; pinned in Featherframe (gould_australia.yaml)
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.
