Reveal, J.L. 2013. Identification of the plants and animals illustrated by Mark Catesby for his Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands . Phytoneuron 2013-6: 1–55. Published 28 January 2013. ISSN 2153 733X IDENTIFICATION OF THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS ILLUSTRATED BY MARK CATESBY FOR HIS NATURAL HISTORY OF CAROLINA, FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMA ISLANDS JAMES L. REVEAL L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology 412 Mann Library Building Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853-4301
[email protected] ABSTRACT A revised summary of the organisms illustrated by the English naturalist Mark Catesby in his 1729-1747 Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands is presented based on the findings of the author and several of the participants who gave papers during the Catesby Tercentennial symposia (4–9 November 2012). This paper updates the findings published earlier by Reveal (2012a). In addition to a full account of the published images, the identity of the organisms illustrated by Catesby and preserved mainly as watercolors at the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, England, is also presented along with indices of scientific names with common names, scientific names arranged by common names, Catesby etching and watercolors arranged by scientific names, and an index to Catesby’s polynomial and common names with references to the published etchings. The purpose of this paper is to provide an up-to-date identification of the plants and animals illustrated by Mark Catesby (1729–1747) in his Natural History and depicted in the currently available original watercolors (Catesby 1996) preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle outside London, England.