Printed on the plate
“Booted Eagle”
Aquila pennata
Engraved caption: Booted Eagle Aquila pennata (Steph.)
Modern identification
Hieraaetus pennatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Aquila pennata Steph. = Hieraaetus pennatus (Booted Eagle); same species, older binomial
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.