Printed on the plate
“Ptarmigan”
Lagopus mutus
Engraved caption: LAGOPUS MUTUS.
Modern identification
Lagopus muta
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Lagopus mutus Leach = Lagopus muta, Rock Ptarmigan, here in white winter dress; the first of Gould's three Ptarmigan plates.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 253
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter del et lith
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
