Printed on the plate
“Darwin's Pucras Pheasant”
Pucrasia Darwini
Engraved caption: PUCRASIA DARWINI, Swinhoe.
Modern identification
Pucrasia macrolopha
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Pucrasia darwini Swinhoe, from the hills behind Ningpo, is P. macrolopha darwini, the east Chinese race of Koklass Pheasant.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart del et lith.Walter, Imp
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
