Printed on the plate
“Fork-tailed Gull”
1. Male Summer plumage. 2. Tringa arenaria Male Spring plumage.
Modern identification
Figure 1. Male Summer plumage.
Printed “Forked-tailed Gull”
Xema sabini
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Forked-tailed Gull” (Larus sabini, fig. 1) is today's Sabine's Gull.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 2. Male Spring plumage.
Printed “Tringa arenaria”
Calidris alba
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Figure 2, lettered only “Tringa arenaria”, is a Sanderling in breeding plumage; Tringa arenaria Linn. is the Sanderling. Its main plate is 230
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.
