Printed on the plate
“Chinese Jacana”
Hydrophasianus Sinensis
Engraved caption: HYDROPHASIANUS SINENSIS.
Modern identification
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Jacanas · Jacanidae
Why
Gmelin's Parra sinensis = Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scopoli's older name).
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
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