Hand-colored etchings by Mark Catesby

From The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1729–1747).

All images courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the Missouri Botanical Garden.

 

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Carolina Parakeet—EXTINCT
Carolina Parakeet—EXTINCT
Passenger Pigeon—EXTINCT
Passenger Pigeon—EXTINCT
Ivory-billed Woodpecker—EXTINCT
Ivory-billed Woodpecker—EXTINCT
Brown Booby
Brown Booby
American Flamingo
American Flamingo
Killdeer
Killdeer
Chuck-will's-widow (?)
Chuck-will's-widow (?)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal