Printed on the plate
“Van Diemen’s Land Partridge”
Synoicus Diemenensis
Engraved caption: Synoicus Diemenensis
Modern identification
Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
diemenensis = Tasmanian Brown Quail
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
