Printed on the plate
“Turn-stone”
1. Summer plumage. 2. Winter.
Modern identification
Arenaria interpres
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Turn-stone” is today's Ruddy Turnstone
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.
