The parrot of Carolina and the cypress of America mb-height 249 The crowd in the foreground

The crowd in the foreground is watching the procession passing in front of the opticians

'Anglo-Gallic salutations in London

Below is Farringdon Street shown with figures

ca 1510-1511

The parrot of Carolina and the cypress of America mb-height 249 The crowd in the foreground'Psitticus caroliniensis', the parrot of Carolina, perched on a branch of the cypress of America (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Conuropsis carolinensis, the Carolina Parakeet; Taxodium distichum, the bald cypress). This bird species is now extinct, the last specimen having died in captivity in 1918. Plate 11 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark