Printed on the plate
“White Heron”
Male Spring Plumage. | Horned Agama. Tapayaxin of Hernandes.
Modern identification
Ardea alba
- Certain
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Audubon's “White Heron” is today's Great Egret
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
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