Printed on the plate
“Scops-eared Owl”
Scops Aldrovandi
Engraved caption: Scops-eared Owl Scops Aldrovandi (Will and Ray)
Modern identification
Otus scops
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Scops Aldrovandi = Eurasian Scops 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.
