Printed on the plate
“Red-legged Partridge”
Caccabis rubra
Engraved caption: CACCABIS RUBRA.
Modern identification
Alectoris rufa
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Caccabis rubra = Tetrao rufus Linn., Alectoris rufa, Red-legged Partridge; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 260
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
