Printed on the plate
“Ash-coloured Harrier”
Circus cinerascens
Engraved caption: CIRCUS CINERACEUS.
Modern identification
Circus pygargus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Circus cineraceus (Montagu), Gould's Ash-coloured Harrier = Montagu's Harrier, Circus pygargus; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 35
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
