Printed on the plate
“Red-footed Falcon”
Falco rufipes
Engraved caption: Red Footed Falcon Falco rufipes (Bechst.)
Modern identification
Falco vespertinus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Falco rufipes Bechst. = Red-footed Falcon F. vespertinus
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life & on Stone by J. & E. GouldPrinted by C. Hullmandel
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
