Printed on the plate
“Peregrine Falcon”
Falco peregrinus
Engraved caption: FALCO PEREGRINUS, Gmel.
Modern identification
Falco peregrinus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Falco peregrinus = Peregrine Falcon; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 21
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
