Printed on the plate
“Hawk Owl”
Surnia funerea
Engraved caption: SURNIA FUNEREA.
Modern identification
Surnia ulula
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Surnia funerea = Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula. Linnaeus's Strix funerea now names Tengmalm's (Boreal) Owl, Aegolius funereus, but Gould's bird is the long-tailed, barred Hawk Owl.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 45
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.
