Printed on the plate
“Great Cinereous Owl”
Surnia cinerea
Engraved caption: Great Cinereous Owl Strix Lapponica (Retz.); ___ cinerea (Gmel.); Surnia cinerea
Modern identification
Strix nebulosa
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Strix cinerea Gmel. = Great Grey Owl (modern Strix nebulosa). Trap: Gould's "nebulosa" is plate 46, the Barred Owl
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
