The 'larger red-crested wood-pecker' and the 'live oak' Size:S: 60 x 45cm The war had seen a

The war had seen a number of fierce battles and both sides had sustained great loss

They look rather the worse for wear

Circa 1920

September 1950

The 'larger red-crested wood-pecker' and the 'live oak' Size:S: 60 x 45cm The war had seen a'Picus niger maximus capite rubro', the larger red crested wood pecker, perched on the trunk of 'Quercus sempervivens foliis oblongis non sinuatis', the live oak (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Dryocopus pileatus, the pileated woodpecker; Quercus virginiana, the live oak). Plate 17 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