Printed on the plate
“Lady Amherst's Pheasant”
Thaumalea Amherstiae
Engraved caption: TRÄUMALEA AMDERSTIE.
Modern identification
Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Leadbeater's Phasianus amherstiae = Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae.
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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