Printed on the plate
“Winter Wren and Rock Wren”
Winter Wren, Male 1. Female 2. Young in Autumn 3. | Rock Wren, Female 4.
Modern identification
Figure 1–3
Printed “Winter Wren”
Troglodytes hiemalis
- Certain
- Wrens · Troglodytidae
Why
Audubon's “Winter Wren” (Sylvia troglodytes, figs. 1–3) is today's Winter Wren, Troglodytes hiemalis: eBird splits the Eurasian, Winter and Pacific Wrens, and Ridgway puts this plate under the eastern Winter Wren.
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.
