Printed on the plate
“Bearded Partridge”
Perdix barbata
Engraved caption: PIERDIX BARBATA, J.Verr &O.DesMus.
Modern identification
Perdix dauurica
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Verreaux and Des Murs's Perdix barbata (syn. Tetrao perdix var. daurica Pallas) = Daurian Partridge: orange face and breast, black belly patch.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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