Printed on the plate
“Field Sparrow”
Male. | Calopogon pulchellum & Vaccinium tenellum.
Modern identification
Spizella pusilla
- Certain
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “Field Sparrow” (Fringilla pusilla) is today's Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla; same species, older genus.
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, 1832.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
