Printed on the plate
“Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant”
Phasianus torquatus
Engraved caption: TASTANTS TORQTATUS
Modern identification
Phasianus colchicus
- Judged
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
the ringed stock introduced to North America; the one form pinned on purpose (Wells)
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
Who made the plate
J. Wolf, del. H. C. Richter, lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp
- Joseph Wolf drew
- Henry Constantine Richter lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
