The fishing hawk mb-code 1619413 November 1994

November 1994

Figures in ceremonial costume flank the choir and spectators are seen behind the altar and in the galleries

carrying a basket of fruit on her head

Bird's-eye view of the Royal Exchange

The fishing hawk mb-code 1619413 November 1994Bird identified by Catesby as 'Accipiter piscatorius', the fishing hawk (modern scientific name: Pandion haliaetus, the osprey), and a fish, probably a grey mullet, Mugil cephalus. Plate 2 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. Original: etching. 1731