Summer Red Bird

This beautiful image is one of many from Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology. Wilson did the original drawings or paintings from his studies of North American birds, which were then turned into plates—with the input on some of Titian Ramsay Peale and John James Audubon.—Elizabeth Periale

Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology; or The natural history of the birds of the United States, 1808-1814, 1. Maryland yellow throat. 2. Yellow breasted chat. 3. Summer red bird. 4. Female. 5. Indigo bird. 6. American redstart, pp. 6 ff.