Image: Catesby Natural History of Carolina plate 39 Magnolia virginiana and Blue Grosbeak

Description: Mark Catesby (1730), Natural History of Carolina etc., plate 39, with Magnolia lauri folio, subtus albicante, the Sweet Bay (Magnolia virginiana) and Coccothraustes coeruleus ("caerulea" in the accompanying text), the Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea).
Title: Catesby Natural History of Carolina plate 39 Magnolia virginiana and Blue Grosbeak
Credit: Scan from copy in Missouri Botanical Garden Library
Author: Mark Catesby
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