The 'goat-sucker of Carolina' Finish:Rolled on the morning of 2nd

on the morning of 2nd January

'The Unfortunate Beau'

Mr Punch stamping and kicking the newspapers

Inscribed: 'Isaacus Newton Equs

The 'goat-sucker of Carolina' Finish:Rolled on the morning of 2ndBird identified by Catesby as 'Caprimulgus', the goat sucker of Carolina (modern identification: a composite of three birds: Chordeiles minor, the common nighthawk; Caprimulgus carolinensis, the chuck will's widow; Caprimulgus vociferus, the whip poor will). The term 'goat sucker' comes from the folk myth that these birds sucked the milk from goats. The bird is here depicted eating a mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa. Plate 8 from volume I of The