An extremely detailed illustration of the natural history depicting a Traill's Flycatcher sitting atop a corky branch of a Sweet Gum (Liquidambar Styraciflua). The bird is illustrated in a profile view with an open beak as it is singing, and it is shown in all its olive-brown colored feathers and pale undersides along with wing bars. The branches are covered in the distinctively shaped and dark green-colored leaves and winged bark of the sweet gum tree.The entire illustration combines scientific detail with artistic beauty typical of American ornithology in the early days.
