Catesby, Mark. Vol.I, Tab. 63, The Yellow Titmouse and The Red Bay

Mark Catesby (1638 - 1749)Etching with hand color, paper dimensions: approximately 19 x 14 inches From Volume I, Part 4 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama IslandsLondon: 1731 - 1771 Currently known as the yellow warbler, Setophaga peteckia and swamp redbay, Persea borbonia*, Catesby described these subjects as follows: PARUS CAROLINENSIS LUTEUS. The Yellow Titmouse. It is less than a Wren. It appears all Yellow; but, on a near View, is as follows. The Bill is slender. The Head, Breast, and Belly are bright Yellow. The Back is of a greenish Yellow. The Tail Brown, with a Mixture of Yellow. The Hen is not of so bright a Yellow as the Cock. It breeds in Carolina, but retires at the Approach of Winter. Laurus Carolinensis, foliis acuminatis, baccis caerulis, pediculis longis rubris infidentibus. The RED BAY. The Leaves of this Tree are in Shape like those of the common Bay, and of an Aromatic Scent. The Berries, when ripe, are blue, growing two, and sometime