Audubon at Illinois: Selections from the University Library's Birds of America | Gallery

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Gallery of Plates

The following plates have been selected for inclusion in the Audubon at Illinois exhibit. All links to images and text are from the Audubon's Birds of America site at the University of Pittsburgh. Related text passages are taken from the Ornithological Biography.


Plate Number Audubon Bird Name Plate Image Related Text
1 Great American Cock Male Image Text
7 Purple Grackle Image Text
12 Baltimore Oriole Image Text
21 The Mocking Bird Image Text
26 Carolina Parrot Image Text
47 Ruby-throated Humming Bird Image Text
62 Passenger Pigeon Image Text
66 Ivory-billed Woodpecker Image Text
70 Henslow's Bunting Image Text
76 Virginia Partridge Image Text
97 Mottled Screech Owl Image Text
102 Blue Jay Image Text
122 Blue Grosbeak Image Text
159 Cardinal Grosbeak Image Text
173 Barn Swallow Image Text
181 Golden Eagle Image Text
186 Pinnated Grous Image Text
203 Fresh Water Marsh Hen Image Text
211 Great Blue Heron Image Text
242 Snowy Heron or White Egret Image Text
250 Arctic Tern Image Text
306 Great Northern Diver or Loon Image Text
316 Black-bellied Darter Image Text
321 Roseate Spoonbill Image Text

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