Printed on the plate
“Shaw's Pheasant”
Phasianus Shawii
Engraved caption: PHASIANUS SIAWI, Flliot.
Modern identification
Phasianus colchicus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Phasianus shawi Elliot, the Yarkand pheasant (Gould's text sinks Elliot's insignis into it), is P. colchicus shawii, a race of Ring-necked 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.
