Printed on the plate
“Red-breasted Merganser”
Male 1. Female 2. | Plant, Sarracenia flava.
Modern identification
Mergus serrator
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Red-breasted Merganser” is today's Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator; same species and name.
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 Robt. Havell. 1838.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
