Printed on the plate
“Bonapartian Gull”
Male Spring Plumage, 1. Female, 2. | Young first Autumn, 3.
Modern identification
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Bonapartian Gull” is today's Bonaparte's Gull
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
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