Printed on the plate
“Republican, or Cliff Swallow”
Male, 1. Female 2. Egg, 3. Nests 4.
Modern identification
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Certain
- Swallows · Hirundinidae
Why
Audubon's “Republican or Cliff Swallow” is today's Cliff Swallow
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. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
