Printed on the plate
“Barn Swallow”
Male, 1. Female, 2.
Modern identification
Hirundo rustica
- Certain
- Swallows · Hirundinidae
Why
Audubon's “Barn Swallow” (Hirundo americana on the plate, rustica in his text) is today's Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica; Wilson's americana is a synonym of its American race, erythrogaster.
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 1833
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
