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Image: “The Mock-Bird,” in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and Plants, Together with their Descriptions in English and French, by Mark Catesby, 1754.