'White-shouldered banana oriole' [Oriole blackbird] Andre Citroen the Princess of Wales

the Princess of Wales

John Ross's ship Victory

presented to the Royal Society by the author on 26 October 1709

Horse-drawn carriages and figures can be seen on the street

Unidentified Marital Scene

'White-shouldered banana oriole' [Oriole blackbird] Andre Citroen the Princess of WalesOrnithological study of the Oriole blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus, native to South America. Side view, posed on a tree branch. Plate 2 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder January 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.