Printed on the plate
“Bonham's Sand-Partridge”
Ammoperdix Bonhami
Engraved caption: AMMOPERDIX BONHAMI.
Modern identification
Ammoperdix griseogularis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Gray's Caccabis bonhami of Persia (syn. griseogularis Brandt) = See-see Partridge.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); 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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