Printed on the plate
“Little Tawny Thrush, Ptiliogony's Townsendi, Canada Jay”
Little Tawny Thrush, 1. Male. | Ptiliogony's Townsendi, 2. Female. | Canada Jay, 3. Young Male.
Modern identification
Figure 1. Male.
Printed “Little Tawny Thrush”
Catharus guttatus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Audubon's “Little Tawny Thrush” (Turdus minor, fig. 1) is the Columbia River bird he renamed Turdus nanus in the text: the Dwarf Hermit Thrush, C. g. nanus, a race of today's Hermit Thrush. Its main plate is 58
Sources
engraved legend; Audubon, Ornithological Biography v (1839); Ridgway, Birds of North and Middle America iv (1907); New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Figure 2. Female.
Printed “Ptiliogony's Townsendi”
Myadestes townsendi
- Certain
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Audubon's “Ptiliogony's Townsendi” (fig. 2) is today's Townsend's Solitaire
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 3. Young Male.
Printed “Canada Jay”
Perisoreus canadensis
- Certain
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
Why
Audubon's “Canada Jay” (Corvus canadensis, fig. 3, a young male) is today's Canada Jay; its main plate is 107
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
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.
