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Painted Bunting, Plate 169

Painted Bunting, “The Birds of America,” first octavo edition, Plate 169, 1840-1844, John James Audubon, hand-colored lithograph, 10 inches high, Joel and Ardath Rynning, 1996.5.126.

A hand-colored lithograph featuring Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), considered part of the Cardinal family of birds, Cardinalidae, native to North America. The Painted Bunting was named “Bird of the Month” by The Nature Conservancy for August 2015.