Printed on the plate
“Dusky Petrel”
Male in Spring.
Modern identification
Puffinus lherminieri
- Certain
- Shearwaters and Petrels · Procellariidae
Why
Audubon's “Dusky Petrel” is today's Sargasso Shearwater
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, 1836.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
