The 'summer red-bird' and the 'western plane tree' Finish:Single there were few alternatives to

there were few alternatives to domestic service

View of the City of London from across the River Thames

'Health and Happiness to the Bride and Bridegroom

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reviewing volunteers on the Artillery Ground

The 'summer red-bird' and the 'western plane tree' Finish:Single there were few alternatives to'Muscicapa rubra', the summer red bird, and 'Platanus occidentalis', the western plane tree (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Piranga rubra, the summer tanager; Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore). Plate 56 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