Catesby, Mark. Vol.I, Tab. 91, The Pied-Billed Dopchick

Mark Catesby The Pied-Billed Dopchick, Vol.I, Tab. 91 Etching with hand color 14" x 19" sheet From Volume I, Part 5 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands London: 1732 - 1771 Currently known as the pied-billed grebe, Podilymbuspodiceps*, Catesby described this subject as follows: PRODICIPES MINOR Rostro Vario. The Pied-Bill Dopchick. This Bird weighs half a pound. The Eyes are large, encompassed with a white Circle: the Throat has a black spot; a black lift crosses the middle of the Bill; the lower mandible, next the Basis, has a black spot: the Head and Neck, brown, particularly the Crown of the Head and Back of the Neck is darkest: the Feathers of the Breast are light brown, mixt with green, the Belly dusky white; the Back and Wings are brown. These Birds frequent fresh water-Ponds in many of the inhabited parts of Carolina. This was a Male. Mark Catesby (1683 – 1749) Facts regarding Catesby’s early years are scant. It is known that he was born in