Printed on the plate
“Spotted Grouse”
Males, 1. Females, 2. | 3 Trillium pictum, 4 Streptopus distortus.
Modern identification
Canachites canadensis
- Certain
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Audubon's “Spotted Grous” is today's Spruce Grouse
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured. by R. Havell. London. 1833.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
