Printed on the plate
“Virginian Partridge”
Male Adult, 1. Young, 2. Female Adult, 3. Young, 4. very young Birds, 5.
Modern identification
Colinus virginianus
- Certain
- New World Quail · Odontophoridae
Why
Audubon's “Virginian Partridge” is today's Northern Bobwhite
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & 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.
