Printed on the plate
“Hen Harrier”
Circus cyaneus
Engraved caption: Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus (Meyer)
Modern identification
Circus cyaneus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
European Hen Harrier; BirdNET already splits Northern Harrier (C. hudsonius) off
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & 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.
