Printed on the plate
“Slate-coloured Partridge”
Malacoturnix superciliosus
Engraved caption: MALACOTURNIX SUPERCILIOSUS .
Modern identification
Ophrysia superciliosa
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
- Extinct
Why
Gray's Rollulus superciliosus (Malacoturnix) = Himalayan Quail, drawn from the Derby Museum pair.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
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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