Printed on the plate
“Japanese Pheasant”
Phasianus versicolor
Engraved caption: PIASIANUS VERSICOLOR, V
Modern identification
Phasianus versicolor
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Vieillot's Phasianus versicolor of Japan = Green Pheasant, a species in eBird 2025.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton. Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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