Printed on the plate
“Short-toed Eagle”
Circaëtus brachydactylus
Engraved caption: Short-toed Eagle Circaetus brachydactylus (Vieill.)
Modern identification
Circaetus gallicus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Circaetus brachydactylus Vieill. is a synonym of C. gallicus (Short-toed Eagle)
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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