Printed on the plate
“MacQueen's Bustard”
Otis MacQueeni
Engraved caption: OTIS MACQUEFNI: Hard & Gray
Modern identification
Chlamydotis macqueenii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Bustards · Otididae
Why
Otis macqueeni Hardwicke and Gray = Asian Houbara (MacQueen's Bustard), split from the African Houbara.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
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
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