Printed on the plate
“Georgian Black Grouse”
Tetrao Mlokosiewiczi
Engraved caption: TETRAO MLOKOSIEWICZI. Tacz.
Modern identification
Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Taczanowski's Tetrao mlokosiewiczi of the Caucasus = Caucasian Grouse: all black, long and barely forked tail.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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