Printed on the plate
“Sanguine Francolin”
Ithaginis cruentus
Engraved caption: ITHAGINIS CRUENTUS.
Modern identification
Ithaginis cruentus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Hardwicke's Phasianus cruentus = Blood Pheasant, nominate race (the race geoffroyi is VII.42).
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. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lithHullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
