Bonapartes Flycatcher Warbler Fine Art Bird Print by Audubon
An archival premium Quality art Print by John James Audubon of the Bonapartes Flycatcher Warbler, also known as the Canada Warbler for sale by Brandywine General Store, The artwork was for Audubon's epic volume of The Birds of North America, one of the greatest ornithological books ever produced. This high quality reproduction shows the flycatcher warbler setting in a branch of a magnolia tree which is past blooming and has the red seed head which is probably what has drawn the small songbird to this branch. Myiodioctes Bonapartii - Audubon says the following about the Bonapartes Flycatcher Warbler - Whilst I have the pleasure of honouring this beautiful new species with the name of so distinguished a naturalist as Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano, I regret that I am unable to give any account of its habits, or even of its manner of flight, and must therefore confine my remarks upon it within very brief space. The following extract from my journal contains all that I have