Catesby, Mark. Vol.I, Tab. 42, The Bahama Finch and The broad leaf'd Guaicum, with blue Flowers

Mark Catesby (1638 - 1749)Etching with hand color, paper dimensions: approximately 19 x 14 inchesFrom Volume I, Part 3 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama IslandsLondon: 1730 - 1771 Currently known as the stripe-headed tanager, Spindalis zena and boxwood, Jacaranda caerulea*, Catesby described these subjects as follows: FRINGILLA BAHAMENSIS. The Bahama Finch. It weighs fourteen Penny Weight. The Head is black; except a white Line which runs from the Bill over the Eve, and another under the Eye. The Throat is black, except a yellow Spot, close under the Bill. The Breast is Orange-colour'd ; the Belly white; the Upper-part of the Neck and the Rump, of a dusky red; the Back black; the Wings and Tail brown, with a mixture of white; the Legs and Feet, Lead-Colour. These Birds are frequent on many of the Bahama Islands.Arbor Guajaci latiore folio, Bignoniae flore caeruleo, fructu duro in duas partes desiliente, seminibus alatis imbricatim positis. The broad lea