Printed on the plate
“Egyptian Vulture”
Neophron percnopterus
Engraved caption: NEOPIR ON PERCNOPTERUS .
Modern identification
Neophron percnopterus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Neophron percnopterus = Egyptian Vulture; same binomial. The reduced figure is the young bird.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
