Printed on the plate
“Red-legged Partridge”
Perdix rubra
Engraved caption: Red-legged Partridge Perdix rubra (Briss.)
Modern identification
Alectoris rufa
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Perdix rubra Ray. = Alectoris rufa (Red-legged Partridge); same species, older binomial
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
