Mark Catesby - The Croker (Perca undulata)

Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied flora and fauna in the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.

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Sciurus, The Ground-Squirrel; Cornus, The Mastick Tree.

Sciurus, The Ground-Squirrel; Cornus, The Mastick Tree. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Columba capite albo, The White-crowned Pigeon; Frutex cotini fere folio crasso,&c., The Coco Plum.

Columba capite albo, The White-crowned Pigeon; Frutex cotini fere folio crasso,&c., The Coco Plum. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Turdus ruffus, The fox-coloured Thruth; Ceraso similis arbuscula &c., The Cluster’s Black Cherry.

Turdus ruffus, The fox-coloured Thruth; Ceraso similis arbuscula &c., The Cluster’s Black Cherry. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Cornus &c.; An Phaseolus &c.; Orbis lævis variegatus, The Globe-Fish.

Cornus &c.; An Phaseolus &c.; Orbis lævis variegatus, The Globe-Fish. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Parus luteus, The Yellow Titmous; Laurus Carolinensis, The Red Bay.

Parus luteus, The Yellow Titmous; Laurus Carolinensis, The Red Bay. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.025

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.025 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Linaria cærulea, The Blew Linnet; Solanum triphyllon, flore hexapetalo carneo.

Linaria cærulea, The Blew Linnet; Solanum triphyllon, flore hexapetalo carneo. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Pilchard (Argentina carolina)

The Pilchard (Argentina carolina) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Lacertus viridis Carolinensis, The Green-Lizard of Carolina; Stirax Aceris folio, The Sweet Gum-Tree.

Lacertus viridis Carolinensis, The Green-Lizard of Carolina; Stirax Aceris folio, The Sweet Gum-Tree. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Acacia &c., Frutor [Frutex] foliis oblongis &c.; Vipera caudisona minor, The Small Rattle-Snake.

Acacia &c., Frutor [Frutex] foliis oblongis &c.; Vipera caudisona minor, The Small Rattle-Snake. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Muræna maculata nigra, The Black Muray; Lithophyton &c.

Muræna maculata nigra, The Black Muray; Lithophyton &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Magnolia Lauri folio, Subtus albicante, The Sweet flowring Bay; Coccothraustes coeruleus, The blew Grosbeak.

Magnolia Lauri folio, Subtus albicante, The Sweet flowring Bay; Coccothraustes coeruleus, The blew Grosbeak. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Parus Americanus lutescens, The Pine-creeper; Ligustrum Lauri folio, The puple-berried Bay.

Parus Americanus lutescens, The Pine-creeper; Ligustrum Lauri folio, The puple-berried Bay. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Perca &c., The Margate Fish; Saurus &c., The Sea Sparrow-Hawk.

Perca &c., The Margate Fish; Saurus &c., The Sea Sparrow-Hawk. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Salpa &c., The Lane-Snapper; Petimbuabo Brasil, The Tobaccopipe-Fish.

Salpa &c., The Lane-Snapper; Petimbuabo Brasil, The Tobaccopipe-Fish. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)