Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 193

Lincoln's Sparrow

Printed “Lincoln Finch”

Plate 193 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Lincoln Finch”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | 1. Cornus Suissica. 2. Rubus Chamaerus. 3. Kalmia glauca.

Modern identification

Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza lincolnii

  • Certain
  • New World Sparrows · Passerellidae

Why

Audubon's “Lincoln Finch” is today's Lincoln's 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. 1834.

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