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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rkj" data-source="post: 3606068" data-attributes="member: 119642"><p>I did a Google image search for the painting and found the following: <a href="http://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/122877" target="_blank">http://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/122877</a> This is clearly the image you have brought to our attention. I think it is interesting that the provenance given by the Morgan Library begins with a Jekyll Catesby. A little more Googleing uncovers a number of Mark Catesby's relatives that had that name. That this came from one of Mark Catesby's relatives and that the Morgan identifies Catesby as the the artist inclines me to think that it is his work, but I will admit it certainly does not prove it. And it still does not identify the bird. I don't think it is an American Pipit, which is a variable species, but always has streaking on the back and some kind of white/buff eyestripe and/or eyering, and almost always a least a bit of streaking on the breast and a wingbar or two, none of which is seen in this drawing. Gray Catbird was also suggested; Catesby did paint that species, and it looks like a Catbird and not like this painting. My best guess is that it is a female Eurasian Blackbird; Catesby was born in England and returned there later in his life. He surely would have been familiar with that species and might well have drawn one while in England.</p></blockquote><p></p>