Printed on the plate
“Sombre Partridge”
Synoicus sordidus
Engraved caption: Synoicus sordidus
Modern identification
Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Synoicus sordidus Gould (two South Australian skins; dark, with blue-grey shaft stripes) is the southern Brown Quail. Ogilvie-Grant lists it under Synoecus australis.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM xxii; 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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
