Printed on the plate
“Marsh-Harrier (young)”
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 young of I.24.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 32
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
