Printed on the plate
“Barred Owl”
Male, adult. | Grey Squirrel. | Scurius Cinereus.
Modern identification
Strix varia
- Certain
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Audubon's “Barred Owl” (Strix nebulosa on the plate, Forster's name for the Great Grey Owl, misapplied as Wilson did) is today's Barred Owl, Strix varia.
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.
