Printed on the plate
“Andalusian Turnix”
Turnix africanus
Engraved caption: TURNIX AFRICANOS, Dest
Modern identification
Turnix sylvaticus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Buttonquail · Turnicidae
Why
Turnix africanus Desf. (Desfontaines's sylvaticus in Gould's synonymy) = Turnix sylvaticus, Small Buttonquail, the Andalusian Hemipode of Iberia and North Africa.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 264
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
