Printed on the plate
“White throated Sparrow”
1. Male 2. Female | Plant Cornus Florida - Vulgo Dog Wood.
Modern identification
Zonotrichia albicollis
- Certain
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “White-throated Sparrow” (Fringilla pensylvanica) is today's White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis; Latham's pensylvanica is a synonym of albicollis.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon F. R. S. E. M. W. S.Engraved by W. H. Lizars Edinr.Printed & Coloured by R. Havell. Senr.
- John James Audubon drew
- William Home Lizars engraved
- Robert Havell Sr. printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
