Printed on the plate
“Mongolian Pheasant”
Phasianus Mongolicus
Engraved caption: IS MONCOICUS. Br
Modern identification
Phasianus colchicus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Phasianus mongolicus Brandt, the white-ringed pheasant of Balkhash and the Kirghiz steppe, is P. colchicus mongolicus, a race of Ring-necked Pheasant.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
Hullmandel & Walton, Imp
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
