Printed on the plate
“Marsh-Harrier”
Circus æruginosus
Engraved caption: CIRCUS ÆRUGINOSUS.
Modern identification
Circus aeruginosus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Circus aeruginosus = Western Marsh Harrier, the European species (the Eastern Marsh Harrier is separate).
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 32
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
