Printed on the plate
“Hen-Harrier”
Circus cyaneus
Engraved caption: CIRCUS CYANEUS
Modern identification
Circus cyaneus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Circus cyaneus = Hen Harrier; the Eurasian bird, since eBird 2025 splits the Northern Harrier.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 33
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
