The Birds of America
The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon. It includes illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States. It was first published between 1827 and 1838, in Edinburgh and London.
The work is of hand-coloured, life-size prints, made from engraved plates, measuring around 39 by 26 inches (99 by 66 cm). It includes images of six birds that are now extinct: Carolina Parakeet, Passenger Pigeon, Labrador Duck, Great Auk, Esquimaux Curlew, and Pinnated Grouse.[1]
The Birds Of America Media
- 1 Wild Turkey.jpg
Plate 1 by John James Audubon depicting a wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).
- AudubonCarolinaParakeet2.jpg
Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), now extinct
- The Birds of America, Natural History Museum.jpg
The fourth volume, on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
- A woman with a big rare book at the state library of Victoria.jpg
A copy on display at State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Audubon fabric.jpg
Furnishing fabric, from Lancashire, 1830s
- Aphelocoma coerulescens & Diospyros virginiana (Audibon).png
Florida jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) in plate 3
- 61 Great Horned Owl.jpg
Great horned owl(Bubo virginianus)
- 86 Black Warrior.jpg
Plate 86 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting "Black Warrior Falco harlani" (= Harlan's Hawk Buteo jamaicensis harlani).
References
- ↑ Birds of America By John James Audubon - Extinct Birds Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine from the National Audubon Society
