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Hand-colored engraving of a dark songbird perched among yellow trumpet flowers and green leaves, with seed pods at lower right.

Yellow jessamine and black-capped flycatcher, Catesby plate

A dark-backed songbird with a pale breast perches on a branch of slender leaves bearing clusters of trumpet-shaped yellow flowers. Two small seed pods hang at lower right, with Latin plant and bird names printed in the corners of this hand-colored engraving.

Artist
Mark Catesby
Date
1731-1743
Medium
Illustrated works
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2982 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1743.
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