Printed on the plate
“Bewick's Wren”
Plant Vulgo. Iron Wood.
Modern identification
Thryomanes bewickii
- Certain
- Wrens · Troglodytidae
Why
Audubon's “Bewick's Long Tailed Wren” (Troglodytes bewickii), which he named, is today's Bewick's Wren, Thryomanes bewickii; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon, F. R. S. E. M. W. S.Engraved by R. Havell, Junr.Printed & Coloured by R. Havell. Senr.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved
- Robert Havell Sr. printed and coloured
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