Printed on the plate
“De L'Huys's Monaul”
Lophophorus l'Huysi
Engraved caption: LOPHOPHORUS NUYSI, A GeoA St-Ail.
Modern identification
Lophophorus lhuysii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire's Lophophorus lhuysi = Chinese Monal.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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