Printed on the plate
“Louisiana Tanager and Scarlet Tanager”
Louisiana Tanager, 1 & 2. Males Spring Plumage. | Scarlet Tanager, 3. Old Male, Spring Plumage. 4. Old Female Do. Do. | Plant, Laurus Carolinensis.
Modern identification
Figure 3–4
Printed “Scarlet Tanager”
Piranga olivacea
- Certain
- Cardinals and Allies · Cardinalidae
Why
Audubon's “Scarlet Tanager” (Tanagra rubra, figs. 3–4, old male and female) is today's Scarlet Tanager.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Figure 1–2
Printed “Louisiana Tanager”
Piranga ludoviciana
- Certain
- Cardinals and Allies · Cardinalidae
Why
Audubon's “Louisiana Tanager” (Tanagra ludoviciana, figs. 1–2, males in spring) is today's Western Tanager; the female is plate 400 fig. 3.
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. SEngraved. Printed and Coloured. by R. Havell. 1837.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
