Printed on the plate
“Imperial Eagle”
Aquila Imperialis
Engraved caption: Imperial Eagle Aquila Imperialis
Modern identification
Aquila heliaca
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Gould's Aquila imperialis is the eastern Imperial Eagle, A. heliaca: he confines it to Hungary, Dalmatia and Turkey, the adult has white scapulars with no white leading edge to the wing, and the young bird is pale buff and streaked.
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.