Printed on the plate
“Red Grouse”
Lagopus Scoticus
Engraved caption: Red Grouse Lagopus Scoticus (Leach.)
Modern identification
Lagopus scotica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Lagopus scoticus Lath. = Red Grouse, Lagopus scotica; eBird 2025 splits it from Willow Ptarmigan; BirdNET lumps in Willow Ptarmigan
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.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
