Printed on the plate
“Bullock's Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Mexican Goldfinch, Varied Thrush, Common Water Thrush”
Bullock's Oriole, 1. Young Male. 2. Old Female. | Baltimore Oriole, 3. Old Female. | Mexican Goldfinch, 4. Male. 5. Female. | Varied Thrush, 6. Female. | Common Water Thrush, 7. Male.
Modern identification
Figure 1. Young Male. 2. Old Female.
Printed “Bullock's Oriole”
Icterus bullockii
- Certain
- Troupials and Allies · Icteridae
Why
Audubon's “Bullock's Oriole” (Icterus bullockii, figs. 1–2) is today's Bullock's Oriole; the adult male is on plate 388
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 3. Old Female.
Printed “Baltimore Oriole”
Icterus galbula
- Certain
- Troupials and Allies · Icteridae
Why
Audubon's “Baltimore Oriole” (Icterus baltimore, fig. 3, an old female) is today's Baltimore Oriole; its main plate is 12
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Figure 4. Male. 5. Female.
Printed “Mexican Goldfinch”
Spinus psaltria
- Certain
- A variant
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Audubon's “Mexican Goldfinch” (Carduelis mexicanus, figs. 4–5), drawn from a pair of skins Swainson lent him, is the black-backed form of today's Lesser Goldfinch, figured as its own species; the green-backed Arkansaw Siskin is plate 400 fig. 1.
Sources
engraved legend; Audubon, Ornithological Biography v (1839); New-York Historical Society
Figure 6. Female.
Printed “Varied Thrush”
Ixoreus naevius
- Certain
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Audubon's “Varied Thrush” (Turdus naevius, fig. 6, a female) is today's Varied Thrush; the male is on plate 369
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 7. Male.
Printed “Common Water Thrush”
Parkesia noveboracensis
- Certain
- New World Warblers · Parulidae
Why
Audubon's “Common Water Thrush” (Turdus aquaticus, fig. 7) is today's Northern Waterthrush
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; 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.
