AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Pinneated Grouse, (Plate 186), 1827–1838

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 - 1851)

Pinneated Grouse, Plate 186

From the Birds of America

Aquatint engraving with original hand color

London: Robert Havell, 1827–1838

Paper size: 26 1/4 x 38 1/2 in.

“When I first removed to Kentucky, the Pinnated Grouse were so abundant, that they were held in no higher estimation as food than the most common flesh, and no “hunter of Kentucky” deigned to shoot them. They were, in fact, looked upon with more abhorrence than the Crows are at present in Massachusetts and Maine, on account of the mischief they committed among the fruit trees of the orchards during winter, when they fed on their buds, or while in the spring months they picked up the grain in the fields.” - John James Audubon