Printed on the plate
“Wekau”
Sceloglaux albifacies
Engraved caption: Sceloglaux albifacies
Modern identification
Ninox albifacies
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
- Extinct
Why
Laughing Owl (extinct); not in BirdNET
Sources
List of Plates (vol. Supp); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
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.