Printed on the plate
“Merlin”
Falco æsalon
Engraved caption: FALCO ZESALON, Linn
Modern identification
Falco columbarius
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Falco aesalon = Merlin, Falco columbarius; Gould's taxon is the Eurasian race F. c. aesalon (eBird's Merlin (Eurasian) group), not the American nominate columbarius.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 24
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.
