Printed on the plate
“Fox-coloured Sparrow”
Male, 1. Female, 2.
Modern identification
Passerella iliaca
- Certain
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “Fox-coloured Sparrow” is today's Fox Sparrow
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell Junr. London. 1831.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
