Printed on the plate
“Swamp Sparrow”
Male. | May-apple. Podophyllum peltatum.
Modern identification
Melospiza georgiana
- Certain
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “Swamp Sparrow” (Fringilla palustris) is today's Swamp Sparrow, Melospiza georgiana; Wilson's palustris is a synonym of georgiana.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by Lucy Audubon.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell
- Lucy Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
