Printed on the plate
“Sparrow Owl”
Noctua passerina
Engraved caption: Sparrow Owl Strix passerina (Linn.); Noctua ___ (Mihi)
Modern identification
Glaucidium passerinum
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Sparrow Owl = Eurasian Pygmy Owl
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Life & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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