Printed on the plate
“Cedar Bird”
Male. 1. F. 2. | Plant Vulgo, Red Cedar. | Juniper Virginiana
Modern identification
Bombycilla cedrorum
- Certain
- Waxwings · Bombycillidae
Why
Audubon's “Cedar Bird” is today's Cedar Waxwing
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
