Printed on the plate
“Cock of the Plains”
Male 1. Female 2.
Modern identification
Centrocercus urophasianus
- Certain
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Audubon's “Cock of the Plains” is today's Greater Sage-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 and Coloured by R. Havell. 1837.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
