Printed on the plate
“Common Pheasant”
Phasianus colchicus
Engraved caption: PHASIANUS COLCHCUS Linn.
Modern identification
Phasianus colchicus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Phasianus colchicus Linn. = Ring-necked Pheasant (Gould's Common Pheasant); same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 247
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart del et lithWalter Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
