Printed on the plate
“Coronetted Sand-Grouse”
Pterocles coronatus
Engraved caption: PTEROCLES CORONATUS: Lickt
Modern identification
Pterocles coronatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandgrouse · Pteroclidae
Why
Lichtenstein's Pterocles coronatus = Crowned Sandgrouse.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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