Printed on the plate
“Hobby”
Falco subbuteo
Engraved caption: FALCO SUBBUTEO, Linn.
Modern identification
Falco subbuteo
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Falco subbuteo = Eurasian Hobby; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 22
Who made the plate
J. Wolf, and 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.
