Printed on the plate
“Kafiristan Pucras Pheasant”
Pucrasia castanea
Engraved caption: PUCRASIA CASTANEA, Gould
Modern identification
Pucrasia macrolopha
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Pucrasia castanea Gould, from Griffith's Kafiristan birds, is P. macrolopha castanea, the chestnut-mantled western race of Koklass Pheasant.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
