The 'towhe' bird, the 'cowpen' bird and the 'black poplar' of Carolina Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 16 June 1600

16 June 1600

This example took part in the Normandy landings of June 1944

The look was emphasised by attaching extra frills and layers to the outside of the skirt

1956 Winter Olympic Games

Salisbury Market and Poultry cross

The 'towhe' bird, the 'cowpen' bird and the 'black poplar' of Carolina Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 16 June 1600'Passer niger, oculis rubris', the towhe bird, 'Passer fusca', the cowpen bird, and 'Populus nigra folio maximo gemmis balsamum odoratissimum fundentibus', the black poplar of Carolina (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the eastern towhee; Molothrus ater, the brown headed cowbird; Populus heterophylla, the swamp cottonwood). Plate 34 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama