Printed on the plate
“Ruff-necked Humming-bird”
1. 2. Males. 3. Female & Nest. | Plant. Cleome heptaphylla.
Modern identification
Selasphorus rufus
- Certain
- Hummingbirds · Trochilidae
Why
Audubon's “Ruff-necked Humming-bird” is today's Rufous Hummingbird
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.
