Printed on the plate
“Mountain Mocking bird and Varied Thrush”
1. Mountain Mocking bird, Male | 2. 3. Varied Thrush, Male & Female | Plant Misletoe | Viscum Verticillatum.
Modern identification
Figure 1
Printed “Mountain Mocking bird”
Oreoscoptes montanus
- Certain
- Mockingbirds and Thrashers · Mimidae
Why
Audubon's “Mountain Mocking bird” (Orpheus montanus, fig. 1) is today's Sage Thrasher.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Figure 2–3
Printed “Varied Thrush”
Ixoreus naevius
- Certain
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Audubon's “Varied Thrush” (Turdus naevius, figs. 2–3) is today's Varied Thrush; another female is plate 433 fig. 6.
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.
