Printed on the plate
“Sharp-tailed Finch”
Male 1. Female 2.
Modern identification
Ammospiza caudacuta
- Certain
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “Sharp-tailed Finch” is today's Saltmarsh 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, 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.
