Printed on the plate
“Swallow-tailed Kite”
Nauclerus furcatus
Engraved caption: Swallow Tailed Kite Nauclerus furcatus (Vig.)
Modern identification
Elanoides forficatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Nauclerus furcatus = American Swallow-tailed Kite
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed 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.
