Printed on the plate
“Owlet Nightjar”
Aegotheles Novae-Hollandiae
Engraved caption: Aegotheles Novae-Hollandiae
Modern identification
Aegotheles cristatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owlet-nightjars · Aegothelidae
Why
novaehollandiae = Australian Owlet-nightjar
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk; pinned in Featherframe (gould_australia.yaml)
Who made the plate
J. & E. Gould delt.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew
- Elizabeth Gould drew
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
