Printed on the plate
“Norwegian or Gyr Falcon”
Falco gyrfalco
Engraved caption: FALCO GYREALCO, Linn.
Modern identification
Falco rusticolus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Falco gyrfalco Linn. = Gyrfalcon, the Scandinavian bird; Gould figured it though it had not yet been identified in Britain.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 19
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.
