Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume VII, plate 16

Swinhoe's Pheasant

Printed “Swinhoe's Fireback”

Volume VII, plate 16 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Swinhoe's Pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)
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Printed on the plate

“Swinhoe's Fireback”

Euplocamus Swinhoii

Engraved caption: EUPLOCOMUS SWINHOIL, Gould.

Modern identification

Swinhoe's Pheasant

Lophura swinhoii

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

Why

Gould's Euplocamus swinhoii of Formosa = Swinhoe's Pheasant.

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.Walter & Cohn, Imp.

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