Printed on the plate
“American Magpie”
Male 1. Female 2.
Modern identification
Pica hudsonia
- Certain
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Audubon's “American Magpie” is today's Black-billed Magpie
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. 1837.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
