Printed on the plate
“Marsh Hawk”
Modern identification
Circus hudsonius
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Marsh Hawk” is today's Northern Harrier
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
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