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
Plate 1 by John James Audubon depicting a wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).
Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), now extinct
The fourth volume, on display at the National Museum of Natural History
Furnishing fabric, from Lancashire, 1830s
Florida jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) in plate 3
Great horned owl(Bubo virginianus)
Plate 86 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting "Black Warrior Falco harlani" (= Harlan's Hawk Buteo jamaicensis harlani).
Bird of Washington, one of several mystery birds which have not been confirmed. It may have been plagiarised from Rees's Cyclopædia.
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