Printed on the plate
“Brown Pelican”
Modern identification
Pelecanus occidentalis
- Certain
- Pelicans · Pelecanidae
Why
Audubon's second Brown Pelican plate, the young bird; plate 251 is the adult male
Sources
audubon.org; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. SEngraved. 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.
