Printed on the plate
“Mocking Bird”
Males, 1. Females, 2. | Florida Jessamine. Gelseminum nitidum.
Modern identification
Mimus polyglottos
- Certain
- Mockingbirds and Thrashers · Mimidae
Why
Audubon's “Mocking Bird” is today's Northern Mockingbird
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon, F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed and Coloured by R. Havell.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
