Printed on the plate
“Golden Pheasant”
Thaumalea picta
Engraved caption: TIAUMALEA PICTA.
Modern identification
Chrysolophus pictus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Linnaeus's Phasianus pictus = Golden Pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
Who made the plate
J. Gould, and 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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