Printed on the plate
“Pinnated Grouse”
Males, 1. 2. Female, 3. | Lilium Superbum.
Modern identification
Tympanuchus cupido
- Certain
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Audubon's “Pinnated Grous” is today's Greater Prairie-Chicken
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. SEngraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell. 1834.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
