Printed on the plate
“Ruby-throated Humming Bird”
Male 1. F. 2. Young 3. | Plant, Bignania radicans | Vulgo, Trumpet Flower.
Modern identification
Archilochus colubris
- Certain
- Hummingbirds · Trochilidae
Why
Audubon's “Ruby-throated Humming Bird” is today's Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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
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