Printed on the plate
“Elliot's Pheasant”
Calophasis Ellioti
Engraved caption: CALCOPHASIS ELLIOTI.
Modern identification
Syrmaticus ellioti
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Swinhoe's Phasianus ellioti of Chekiang = Elliot'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 & 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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