Printed on the plate
“Capercailzie, or Cock of the Wood”
Tetrao Urogallus
Engraved caption: Capercailzie or Cock of the Wood
Modern identification
Tetrao urogallus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Tetrao Urogallus Linn. = Tetrao urogallus (Western Capercaillie); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
