The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none watched by another driver

watched by another driver

carrying a large basket covered by a cloth

suffering the fate of continually turning her head to face the sun

In 1929 Francis Chichester made the second solo flight to Australia

'A Perilous Passage'

The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none watched by another driver'Hirundo purpurea', the purple martin, and 'Smilax (forte) lenis, folio anguloso hederaceo' (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Progne subis, the purple martin; Cocculus carolinus, the Carolina coralbead). Plate 51 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. Original: etching. 1731