Mark Catesby - The Rice-bird (Emberiza oryzivora)

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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Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.038

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.038 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Great Booby (An Thymelaea foliis obtusis, Anseri Bassano & c.)

The Great Booby (An Thymelaea foliis obtusis, Anseri Bassano & c.) (1727-1731)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Passer niger, Occulis rubris, The Towhe Bird; Passer fusca, The cow-pen Bird.

Passer niger, Occulis rubris, The Towhe Bird; Passer fusca, The cow-pen Bird. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.069

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.069 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata)

Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata) (1754)

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

The Pilchard (Argentina carolina) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Buffel’s Head Duck (Anas bucephala)

The Buffel’s Head Duck (Anas bucephala) (1731-1743)

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)
Ketmia, The Mano-Tree; Phalæna fusca &c.

Ketmia, The Mano-Tree; Phalæna fusca &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The red belly’d Woodpecker; The hairy Woodpecker ; Black Oak.

The red belly’d Woodpecker; The hairy Woodpecker ; Black Oak. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Cenchramidea Arbor saxis adnascens &c., The Balsam-Tree.

Cenchramidea Arbor saxis adnascens &c., The Balsam-Tree. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.101

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.101 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Lilium &c., The Red Lily; Anguis &c., The Wampum-Snake.

Lilium &c., The Red Lily; Anguis &c., The Wampum-Snake. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.080

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.080 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.049

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.049 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
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