Printed on the plate
“Tengmalm's Owl”
Noctua ? Tengmalmi
Engraved caption: Tengmalm's Owl Strix Tengmalmi (Gmel.); Noctua Tengmalmi (Selb.)
Modern identification
Aegolius funereus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Tengmalm's Owl = Boreal Owl A. funereus
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
