Printed on the plate
“Hooping Crane”
Adult Male.
Modern identification
Grus americana
- Certain
- Cranes · Gruidae
Why
Audubon's “Hooping Crane” is today's Whooping Crane
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.
