Printed on the plate
“Pallid Harrier”
Circus pallidus
Engraved caption: Pallid Harrier Circus pallidus (Sykes)
Modern identification
Circus macrourus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Circus pallidus Sykes = Pallid Harrier C. macrourus
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
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