Printed on the plate
“Chinese Quail”
Excalfactoria Chinensis
Engraved caption: EXCALFATORIA CHONENSIS •
Modern identification
Synoicus chinensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Linnaeus's Tetrao chinensis = Blue-breasted Quail, Synoicus chinensis.
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 & H. C. Richter del et lith.Walter, Imp
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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