Printed on the plate
“Eagle Owl”
Bubo maximus
Engraved caption: BUBO MAXIMUS, Sibb
Modern identification
Bubo bubo
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Bubo maximus = Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Bubo bubo; same species, older name.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 37
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.
