Printed on the plate
“Purple Grakle, or Common Crow Blackbird”
Male, 1. Female, 2. | Maize or Indian Corn. Zea Mays.
Modern identification
Quiscalus quiscula
- Certain
- Troupials and Allies · Icteridae
Why
Audubon's “Purple Grakle, or Common Crow Blackbird” is today's Common Grackle
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved by W. H. Lizars Edinr.Retouched by R. Havell Junr. London 1829.
- John James Audubon drew
- William Home Lizars engraved
- Robert Havell Jr. retouched
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
