Inscription
lower left in plate: Sitta capite nigro. / The Nuthatch; lower center in plate: Quercus humilior &c. / The highland Willow Oak.; lower right in plate: Sitta capite fusco. / The Small Nuthatch.; upper left in plate: T.22.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby - London . 1754
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.
Bibliography
- 1771
- Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.