The 'largest white-bill wood-pecker' and the 'willow oak' Finish:Single lxxxiii of the Natural History

lxxxiii of the Natural History appendix to the Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage

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The 'largest white-bill wood-pecker' and the 'willow oak' Finish:Single lxxxiii of the Natural History'Picus maximus rostro albo', the largest white bill wood pecker, perched on the trunk of 'Quercus anpotius', the willow oak (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Campephilus principalis, the ivory billed woodpecker; Quercus phellos, the willow oak). This bird species is now listed as 'definitely or probably extinct' by the American Birding Association. Plate 16 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama