The 'red leg'd thrush' and the 'gum-elimy tree' stone floor regrinding valves

regrinding valves

Found in the collection of the Royal Collection

Image 2- The action illustrated is weeping

As Punch pointed out

The 'red leg'd thrush' and the 'gum-elimy tree' stone floor regrinding valves'Turdus viscivorus plumbeus', the red leg'd thrush, and 'Teribinthus major betulae cortice', the gum elimy tree (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Turdus plumbeus, the red legged thrush; Bursera simaruba, the gumbo limbo). Plate 30 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