Printed on the plate
“American Goldfinch”
Male 1. F. 2. | Plant. Cnicus lanceolatus. Vulgo Common Thistle.
Modern identification
Spinus tristis
- Certain
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Audubon's “Yellow Bird or American Goldfinch” (Carduelis americana) is today's American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis; americana is a synonym of tristis.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon. F. R. S. E., F. L. S., M. W. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell & Son, London. _1828.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell & Son engraved, printed and coloured
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