Printed on the plate
“Golden-eye Duck”
Male, Summer Plumage.
Modern identification
Bucephala islandica
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Golden-eye Duck, male summer plumage” (Clangula vulgaris) is a male Barrow's Goldeneye, which he took for the Common Goldeneye of plate 342 in breeding dress: crescent-shaped white face patch, purple-glossed head, black back with a row of white spots.
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.
