Title | Hawksbill Turtle |
Origtitle | Hawks Bill Turtle |
Variants | Hawksbill Turtle with Eggs |
Caption | Hawksbill Turtle with Eggs |
Source | Cheryl Newby Gallery Inc. |
Date | 1743 |
URL | http://www.cherylnewbygallery.com/021908Catesby_39HawksBillTurtlewithnestandeggs.htm |
Creator | Mark Catesby |
Type | watercolor |
Origin | Internet |
Notes | The Roanoke colonists would eat both turtles and their eggs. Harriot reported to see turtles over a yard wide on travels around North Carolina. |
White has drawing of sea turtles, land turtles, and terrapins. Perhaps those ought to be used rather than or with this picture?