Printed on the plate
“Orchard Oriole”
Male 1. 2. adult. 3 & 4. 2nd. and 3d. Year. 5. Female. | Plant Vulgo, honey Locust. | Gleditschia triacanthos.
Modern identification
Icterus spurius
- Certain
- Troupials and Allies · Icteridae
Why
Audubon's “Orchard Oriole” (Icterus spurius) is today's Orchard Oriole; same binomial.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon, F. R. S. E. F. L. S. M. W. S.Engraved by R. Havell. Junr. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell. Senr. London. 1828.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved
- Robert Havell Sr. printed and coloured
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