Printed on the plate
“Scops Owl”
Scops zorca
Engraved caption: SCOPS ZORCA.
Modern identification
Otus scops
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Scops zorca = Eurasian Scops-Owl, Otus scops; same species, older name.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 41
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.
