Printed on the plate
“Lazuli Finch, Crimson-necked Bull-Finch, Gray-crowned Linnet, Cow-pen Bird, Evening Grosbeak, Brown Longspur”
Lazuli Finch, 1. Female. | Crimson-necked Bull-finch, 2. Male. | Grey-crowned Linnet, 3. Male. | Cow-pen Bird, 4. Young Male. | Evening Grosbeak, 5. Female, 6. Young Male. | Brown Longspur, 7. Female.
Modern identification
Figure 1. Female.
Printed “Lazuli Finch”
Passerina amoena
- Certain
- Cardinals and Allies · Cardinalidae
Why
Audubon's “Lazuli Finch” (Fringilla amoena, fig. 1, a female) is today's Lazuli Bunting; the male is on plate 398
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 2. Male.
Printed “Crimson-necked Bull-Finch”
Haemorhous mexicanus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Audubon's “Crimson-necked Bull-Finch” (Pyrrhula frontalis, fig. 2) is today's House Finch
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Figure 3. Male.
Printed “Grey-crowned Linnet”
Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Certain
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Audubon's “Grey-crowned Linnet” (Linaria tephrocotis, fig. 3) is today's Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Figure 4. Young Male.
Printed “Cow-pen Bird”
Molothrus ater
- Certain
- Troupials and Allies · Icteridae
Why
Audubon's “Cow-pen Bird” (Icterus pecoris, fig. 4, a young male) is today's Brown-headed Cowbird; its main plate is 99
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Figure 5. Female, 6. Young Male.
Printed “Evening Grosbeak”
Hesperiphona vespertina
- Certain
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Audubon's “Evening Grosbeak” (Fringilla vespertina, figs. 5–6) is today's Evening Grosbeak; the adult male is on plate 373
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 7. Female.
Printed “Brown Longspur”
Passerella iliaca
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “Brown Longspur” (Plectrophanes townsendi, fig. 7; “Townsend's Finch” in the text) is the Sooty Fox Sparrow, P. i. townsendi, named from this figure; eBird 2025 keeps it in Fox Sparrow. It is not the Townsend's Bunting of plate 400
Sources
engraved legend; Audubon, Ornithological Biography v (1839); Ridgway, Birds of North and Middle America i (1901); 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.
