Printed on the plate
“White-headed Eagle”
Modern identification
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
The second of Audubon's two “White-headed Eagle” plates, with 31: today's Bald Eagle
Sources
audubon.org; Wikimedia Commons
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured by R. Havell, London.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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