Printed on the plate
“Ptarmigan (summer plumage)”
Lagopus mutus
Engraved caption: LAGOPUS MUTUS.
Modern identification
Lagopus muta
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Lagopus mutus in summer plumage = Rock Ptarmigan; the second of Gould's plates of this bird; the text is with plate IV.8.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text (with plate IV.8); the plate; Birds of Europe plate 253
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.
