Printed on the plate
“Blue-bird”
Male 1. Female 2. Young 3. | Great Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus.
Modern identification
Sialia sialis
- Certain
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Audubon's “Blue-bird” is today's Eastern Bluebird
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. 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.
