Printed on the plate
“Salt Water Marsh Hen”
1. Male adult spring plumage. 2. Female.
Modern identification
Rallus crepitans
- Certain
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Audubon's “Salt Water Marsh Hen” is today's Clapper Rail
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.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
