Hand-colored engraving of the Bastard Baltimore bird (Icterus spurius, orchard oriole) pictured with a catalpa tree (Catalpa bignonioides). Historical illustration by Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749). Plate 49 from Volume 1 of The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, 18th century.

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Bastard Baltimore and Catalpa Tree, 18th C

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