Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume VII, plate 13

Bulwer's Pheasant

Volume VII, plate 13 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Bulwer's Pheasant (Lophura bulweri)
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Printed on the plate

“Bulwer's Pheasant”

Lobiophasis Bulweri

Engraved caption: LOBIOPHASIS BULWERI, Sharpe.

Modern identification

Bulwer's Pheasant

Lophura bulweri

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae

Why

Sharpe's Lobiophasis bulweri of Borneo = Bulwer's Pheasant: blue wattles, white tail.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate

Who made the plate

J. Wolf and Hart del et lith.Walter, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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