Printed on the plate
“Sparkling Pheasant”
Phasianus scintillans
Engraved caption: PHASIANUS SCINTILLANS, Gould
Modern identification
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Gould's Phasianus scintillans is a race of the Copper Pheasant, S. s. scintillans.
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.
