Catesby's Birds of Colonial America (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

About this book

With this lovely and informative volume Alan Feduccia preserves the pathbreaking work of Mark Catesby the English naturalist and illustrator who founded natural history and bird art in America. First published by UNC Press in 1985 the book features all 109 bird illustrations 20 color plates and the entire text from Catesbys pioneering Natural History of Carolina Florida and the Bahamas. Annotating Catesbys writings from a modern perspective Feduccia discusses the perception of each species during the Colonial period comments on its habits and compares Catesbys observations with those of such other early naturalists as John White John Lawson Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon.