'Crested or Coped Black Vulture, and the Black and White Indian Snake' Richmond upon Thames and Hawthorn on the far

and Hawthorn on the far right

Above is King George III's coat of arms prior to 1816

Bill Foulkes

beginning at Morant Bay about 20 miles from Kingston

'Crested or Coped Black Vulture, and the Black and White Indian Snake' Richmond upon Thames and Hawthorn on the farZoological study of a Cinerous vulture Aegypius monachus with a specimen of Asian snake. Plate 290 from chapter 80 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The plate is inscribed: 'The crested or coped black Vulture, and the Black and white Indian Snake boath drawn from lie, by G. Edwards,' A second, mirrored inscription provides the date