Birds of America (bog)

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The Birds of America er titlen på en bog af naturhistoriker og maler John James Audubon, der indeholder illustrationer af en bred vifte af amerikanske fugle. Den blev først udgivet som små hæfter i abonnementsform mellem 1827 og 1838, i Edinburgh og London.

Bogen består af håndmalede print i fuld størrelse, skabt fra kobberstik, og måler 99x66 cm. Bogen indeholder billeder af en lang række fugle, heraf seks, der nu er uddøde: Carolinaparakit, amerikansk vandredue, labradorand, gejrfugl, eskimospove og hedehøne.[1]

Et eksemplar af bogen blev købt hjem til Danmark (til Det Classenske Bibliotek) omkring april 1857, for en sum af 2.120 rigsdaler.[2]

Illustrationer fra Birds of America

Referencer

  1. ^ Birds of America By John James Audubon - Extinct Birds Arkiveret 18. marts 2012 hos Wayback Machine from the National Audubon Society (engelsk)
  2. ^ "Fund og Forskning i det Kongelige Biblioteks samlinger", s. 270.
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Great-footed Hawk (Audubon).jpg
Plate 16 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Great-footed Hawk.
Blue-winged Yellow Warbler (Audubon).jpg
Plate 20 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Blue-winged Yellow Warbler.
Selby's Flycatcher (Audubon).jpg
Plate 9 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Selby's Flycatcher.
2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo.jpg
Plate 2 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Bonaparte's Flycatcher (Audubon).jpg
Plate 5 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bonaparte's Flycatcher.
White-throated Sparrow (Audubon).jpg
Plate 8 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting White throated Sparrow.
Blue Yellow-backed Warbler (Audubon).jpg
Plate 15 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Blue Yellow-backed Warbler.
3 Prothonotary Warbler restored.jpg
Plate 3 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Prothonotary Warbler.
Baltimore Oriole (Audubon).jpg
Plate 12 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Baltimore Oriole.
Louisiana Water Thrush (Audubon).jpg
Plate 19 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Louisiana Water Thrush.
Bewick's Wren (Audubon).jpg
Plate 18 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bewick's Wren.
1 Wild Turkey.jpg

Plate 1 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Wild Turkey.

Notes: Engraved from painting made by John James Audubon at Beechwoods Plantation, Feliciana Parish (now West Feliciana Parish), Louisiana 1825.
Brown Titlark (Audubon).jpg
Plate 10 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Brown Titlark (now American Pipit).
Carolina Turtle Dove (Audubon).jpg
Plate 17 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Carolina Turtle Dove.
Prairie Warbler (Audubon).jpg
Plate 14 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Prairie Warbler.
Purple Grackle or Common Crow Blackbird (Audubon).jpg
Plate 7 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Purple Grakle or Common Crow Blackbird.
Bird of Washington (Audubon).jpg
Plate 11 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bird of Washington. Originally claimed by Audubon to be a different, significantly bigger, already very rare species, most subsequent ornithologists generally considered it was a misidentified juvenile Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus. However, recent detailed investigation (Halley, M. R. 2020, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 140 (2): 110-141) has shown it to be a case of scientific fraud, based not on a specimen as Audubon claimed, but by copying older drawings of other smaller eagles. His motive is thought to be to raise funds for and interest in his forthcoming Birds of America book.