Printed on the plate
“Monaul”
Lophophorus Impeyanus
Engraved caption: LOPHOPHORUS LPEYANUS.
Modern identification
Lophophorus impejanus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Latham's Phasianus impejanus = Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus.
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 lith.Hullmandel & 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.