Printed on the plate
“Ground Dove”
Males, 1, 2, 3. Female, 4. Young, 5. | Wild Orange.
Modern identification
Columbina passerina
- Certain
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Audubon's “Ground Dove” is today's Common Ground Dove
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, 1833.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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