Printed on the plate
“Grass Finch, or Bay-winged Bunting”
Male. | Prickly Pear or Indian Fig. Cactus Opuntia.
Modern identification
Pooecetes gramineus
- Certain
- New World Sparrows · Passerellidae
Why
Audubon's “Grass Finch or Bay-winged Bunting” is today's Vesper Sparrow
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.
