Printed on the plate
“Hawk Owl”
Surnia funerea
Engraved caption: Hawk Owl Surnia funerea (Dumeril.); Strix funerea (Gmel.)
Modern identification
Surnia ulula
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Surnia funerea = Northern Hawk Owl S. ulula
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.
