Printed on the plate
“Long-tailed Duck”
1. Male, Summer plumage. 2. Male Winter. 3. Female Young.
Modern identification
Clangula hyemalis
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Long-tailed Duck” (Fuligula glacialis) is today's Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis.
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.
