Printed on the plate
“Ash-coloured Harrier”
Circus cineraceus
Engraved caption: Ash-coloured Harrier Circus cineraceus (Meyer)
Modern identification
Circus pygargus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Circus cineraceus Meyer = Montagu's Harrier C. pygargus (Gould's 'Ash-coloured Harrier')
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.
