Printed on the plate
“Thibet Partridge”
Perdix Hodgsoniae
Engraved caption: PERDIX HODGSONIE.
Modern identification
Perdix hodgsoniae
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Hodgson's Sacfa hodgsoniae = Tibetan Partridge.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.