Printed on the plate
“Sanderling”
1. Male. 2. Female.
Modern identification
Calidris alba
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Sanderling” (Tringa arenaria) is today's Sanderling
Sources
engraved legend; Audubon, Ornithological Biography iii (1835); 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
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