Printed on the plate
“Crimson-breasted Partridge”
Hematortyx sanguiniceps
Engraved caption: HÆMATORTYX SANGUINICEPS, Sharpe.
Modern identification
Haematortyx sanguiniceps
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Sharpe's Haematortyx sanguiniceps, from the Lawas River in Borneo = Crimson-headed Partridge; same name today.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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