Printed on the plate
“Purple Sandpiper”
1. Male Summer plumage. 2. Female Winter. 3. Charadrius Wilsonius.
Modern identification
Figure 1. Male Summer plumage. 2. Female Winter.
Printed “Purple Sandpiper”
Calidris maritima
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Purple Sandpiper” (Tringa maritima, figs. 1–2) is today's Purple Sandpiper
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 3.
Printed “Charadrius Wilsonius”
Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Certain
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Figure 3, lettered only “Charadrius Wilsonius”, is a Wilson's Plover: heavy black bill and a single black breast band. Its main plate is 209
Sources
engraved legend; the plate
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, 1835,
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
