Printed on the plate
“Short-eared Owl”
Otus Brachyotus
Engraved caption: Short-eared Owl Strix Brachyotos (Linn.); Otus Brachyotos (Cuv.)
Modern identification
Asio flammeus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Otus brachyotus = Short-eared Owl
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.
