The 'Bahama sparrow' and the 'bignonia' songbird The lower section shows a

The lower section shows a coat of arms

victims of gearbox trouble and an opening lap accident respectively

Sir Thomas Vezey Strong

St John stands on the bank of a stream preaching to a large gathering of people sitting on the opposite bank

The 'Bahama sparrow' and the 'bignonia' songbird The lower section shows a'Passerculus bicolor bahamiensis', the Bahama sparrow, and 'Bignonia arbor pentaphylla flore roseo majore siliquis planis', the bignonia (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Tiaris bicolor, the black faced grassquit; Tabebuia bahamensis, the white dwarf tabebuia). Plate 37 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