Printed on the plate
“Short-eared Owl”
Brachyotus palustris
Engraved caption: BRACHYOTUS PALUSTRIS.
Modern identification
Asio flammeus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Brachyotus palustris = Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus; same species, older name.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 40
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lithWalter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
