Printed on the plate
“Song Sparrow”
Male 1. F. 2. | Plant Vulgo. Wortle Berry.
Modern identification
Melospiza melodia
- Certain
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “Song Sparrow” (Fringilla melodia) is today's Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia; same species, older genus.
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. E. M. W. S.Engraved. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell & Son, London.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell & Son engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
