Printed on the plate
“Sommering's Pheasant”
Phasianus Soemmeringii
Engraved caption: PASIANOS SCE MOMERIN GI.
Modern identification
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Temminck's Phasianus soemmerringii of Japan = Copper Pheasant.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter, Imp
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
