The 'cuckow of Carolina and the chinkapin' mb-height 3693 during the opening ceremony given

during the opening ceremony given by King William IV and Queen Adelaide

McNeil (Colts trainer) Scott

'The Challenge'

they land their ship

whilst pensioners are fleeing

The 'cuckow of Carolina and the chinkapin' mb-height 3693 during the opening ceremony given'Cuculus caroliniensis', the cuckow of Carolina, perched on a branch of the 'Castanea pumila Virginiana', the chinkapin shrub (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Coccyzus americanus, the yellow billed cuckoo; Castanea pumila, the Allegheny chinquapin). Plate 9 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.