IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 300536 accession number: PB 2-2021.5.8 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 14 July 2021 updated: Wednesday 24 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Issued in "No. 82" of 87 parts. Current name: Black Scoter or American scoter, Melanitta americana Since 2010, common scoters (previously Melanitta nigra nigra) and black scoters (previously Melanitta nigra americana) have been considered distinct species instead of having subspecies status under the name Melanitta nigra. Drawn from nature and published by John J. Audubon. "Engraved, Printed and Coloured by Robt. Havell. 1838" title: Plate CCCCVIII [408]: American Scoter Duck, Fuligula Americana, Male, I. Female, 2. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/300536 CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1838 - 1838 creation date earliest: 1838 creation date latest: 1838 CREATORS -------- maker: Audubon, John James maker: Havell, Robert II