Printed on the plate
“Carolina Pigeon”
Male 1. F. 2. | Plant. Steuartia Malacodrendron.
Modern identification
Zenaida macroura
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Audubon's “Carolina Pigeon, or Turtle Dove” (Columba carolinensis) is today's Mourning Dove; audubon.org shortens the title to “Carolina Pigeon”.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon, F. R. S. E. M. W. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell & Son, London.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell & Son engraved, printed and coloured
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