Campephilus principalisCatesbyV1P016AA

Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus principalis on Water Oak, Quercus phellos. Hand-colored engraving. Original caption (cropped off here) reads: Picus Maximus rostro albo: The largest white-bill Wood-pecker; Quercus, an potius Ilex Marilandica folio longo angusto Salicis. Ray Hist: The Willow-Oak. Vol. 1, plate 16 from Catesby (1754).

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