The 'crested titmouse' and the 'upright honysuckle' burnt Belmont House

Belmont House

View of the north side of Manchester Square

View of the east side of Temple Bar

Playing rackets

The 'crested titmouse' and the 'upright honysuckle' burnt Belmont House'Parus cristatus', the crested titmouse, and 'Cistus virginiana, flore & odore periclymeni', the upright honysuckle [honeysuckle] (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Baeolophus bicolor, the tufted titmouse; Rhododendron viscosum, the swamp azalea). Plate 57 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.