Printed on the plate
“Tell-tale Godwit, or Snipe”
Male 1. F. 2. View in East Florida.
Modern identification
Tringa melanoleuca
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Tell-tale Godwit, or Snipe” is today's Greater Yellowlegs
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.
