Printed on the plate
“Brown Lark”
1. Male. 2. Female.
Modern identification
Anthus rubescens
- Certain
- Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
Why
Audubon's “Brown Lark” (Anthus aquaticus) is today's American Pipit.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon E. R. S. E. M. W. S.Engraved by W. H. Lizars Edinr.Printed and Coloured by R. Havell Senr
- John James Audubon drew
- William Home Lizars engraved
- Robert Havell Sr. printed and coloured
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