Printed on the plate
“Black, or Surf Duck”
Male Adult 1. _ Female 2.
Modern identification
Melanitta perspicillata
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Black, or Surf Duck” is today's Surf Scoter
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 and 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.
