Printed on the plate
“Painted Spur-Fowl”
Galloperdix lunulosa
Engraved caption: GALLOPERDIX LUNULOSA.
Modern identification
Galloperdix lunulata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Perdix lunulosa (lunulata Valenciennes) = Painted Spurfowl.
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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