Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 251, volume IV

Hazel Grouse

Printed “Hazel Grouse, or Gelinotte”

Plate 251 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
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Printed on the plate

“Hazel Grouse, or Gelinotte”

Bonasia Europæa

Engraved caption: Hazel Grous or Gelinotte Bonasa Europea

Modern identification

Hazel Grouse

Tetrastes bonasia

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

Why

Hazel Grouse

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature & on stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.

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