Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume IV, plate 5

Western Capercaillie

Printed “Capercailzie, or Cock of the Wood”

Volume IV, plate 5 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
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Printed on the plate

“Capercailzie, or Cock of the Wood”

Tetrao urogallus

Engraved caption: TETRAO UROGALLUS, Linn!

Modern identification

Western Capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae

Why

Tetrao urogallus Linn. = Western Capercaillie; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 248

Who made the plate

J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates