Printed on the plate
“Black Grouse”
Tetrao Tetrix
Engraved caption: Black Grouse Tetrao Tetrix (Linn.)
Modern identification
Lyrurus tetrix
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Tetrao Tetrix Linn. = Lyrurus tetrix (Black Grouse); same species
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
