Black-billed Cuckoo (Primary Title)
The Birds of North America (Portfolio Title)

John James Audubon, American, born Haiti, 1785–1851 (Artist)

ca. 1827–1851
American
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand watercolored engraving, etching, and aquatint on rag paper
25 3/8" H x 38" W, sheet (64.45 cm. H x 96.52 cm. W, sheet)
2002.561
Not on view
inscribed in the plate at upper corners: "No. 7. PLATE XXXII; across lower edge, at left: "Drawn from Nature AND published by John J. Audubon. F.R.S. F.L.S."; lower edge, center: "Black-billed cuckoo, COCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Bonap Male, 1.Female, 2. Great Magnolia. Magnolia grandiflora."; lower edge, right: "Engraved, Printed & Colored by R. Havell"
Gift of Alma and Harry H. Coon
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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