“Asiatic Bush-Quail” (Jungle Bush-Quail) · Gould, The Birds of Asia, volume VII, plate 4

Volume VII, plate 4 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Jungle Bush-Quail (Perdicula asiatica) — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

The whole sheet of volume VII, plate 4, with its engraved caption — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Printed on the plate

“Asiatic Bush-Quail”

Perdicula Asiatica

Engraved caption: PERDICULA ASIATICA.

Modern identification

Jungle Bush-Quail

Perdicula asiatica

Certain
Checked against the engraved caption
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae

Why

Latham's Perdix asiatica (syn. Sykes's Coturnix pentah) = Jungle Bush-Quail, Perdicula asiatica: boldly barred below, white-striped face.

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)

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Wikidata
GBIF
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Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.

John Gould drew and lithographed
Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
Walter & Cohn printed

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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