Printed on the plate
“Eastern Great Horned Owl”
Bubo Ascalaphus
Engraved caption: Eastern Great Horned Owl Bubo Ascalaphus
Modern identification
Bubo ascalaphus
- Certain
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Bubo Ascalaphus = Bubo ascalaphus, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl.
Sources
General List (vol. I); crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lithPrinted by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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