Printed on the plate
“Little Bustard”
Otis tetrax
Engraved caption: OTIS TETRAX, Linn
Modern identification
Tetrax tetrax
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bustards · Otididae
Why
Otis tetrax Linn. = Tetrax tetrax, Little Bustard; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 269
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
