The 'hooded titmouse' and the water-tupelo Finish:none possibly the male Eclectus Parrot

possibly the male Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus

27th June 1929

Watermarked 'J Whatman

Fishmongers' Almshouses at St Peter's Hospital

The 'hooded titmouse' and the water-tupelo Finish:none possibly the male Eclectus Parrot'Parus cucullo nigro', the hooded titmouse, and 'Arbor in aqua nascens, folijs latis acuminatis & dentatis, fructu eleagni majore', the water tupelo (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Wilsonia citrina, the hooded warbler; Nyssa aquatica, the water tupelo). Plate 60 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark Catesby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in