Printed on the plate
“Kestrel”
Falco Tinnunculus
Engraved caption: Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (Linn.)
Modern identification
Falco tinnunculus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Falco Tinnunculus Linn. = Falco tinnunculus (Eurasian Kestrel); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn on Stone by E. Lear.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
