Printed on the plate
“Audubon's Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Black-throated gray Warbler”
Audubons Warbler, 1. Male, 2. Female. | Hermit Warbler, 3. Male, 4. Female. | Black-throated gray Warbler, 5 and 6. Males. | Plant, Strawberry Tree. | EUYONIMUS AMERICANA.
Modern identification
Figure 1. Male, 2. Female.
Printed “Audubon's Warbler”
Setophaga coronata
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- New World Warblers · Parulidae
Why
Audubon's “Audubon's Warbler” (Sylvia auduboni, figs. 1–2) is the Audubon's form of today's Yellow-rumped Warbler, S. c. auduboni; the Myrtle form is plate 153
Sources
engraved legend; Ridgway, Birds of North and Middle America ii (1902); New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 3. Male, 4. Female.
Printed “Hermit Warbler”
Setophaga occidentalis
- Certain
- New World Warblers · Parulidae
Why
Audubon's “Hermit Warbler” (Sylvia occidentalis, figs. 3–4) is today's Hermit Warbler
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Figure 5 and 6. Males.
Printed “Black-throated gray Warbler”
Setophaga nigrescens
- Certain
- New World Warblers · Parulidae
Why
Audubon's “Black-throated gray Warbler” (Sylvia nigrescens, figs. 5–6) is today's Black-throated Gray Warbler
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
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.
