The 'little thrush' and the 'dahoon holly' Product:Postcard The nursemaid's bonnet is large

The nursemaid's bonnet is large enough to act as a sunshade for the two children

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Inscribed in pencil verso: 'Taken by A

St Paul's Cathedral is in the background

bears a classical inscription: 'Hec ego Chalcidicis ad te

The 'little thrush' and the 'dahoon holly' Product:Postcard The nursemaid's bonnet is large'Turdus minimus', the little thrush, and 'Agrifolium carolinense folijs dentatis baccis rubris', the dahoon holly (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Catharus guttatus, the hermit thrush; Ilex cassine, the dahoon). Plate 31 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark Catesby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733. Original: etching. 1731