Between the 1750s and 1770s Taylor White compiled over 750 manuscript notes to accompany his collection of animal portraits. These notes are written on individual unbound sheets of paper, and offer descriptions of the birds, mammals and fish that he commissioned to be painted. Examination of the structure and content of White's notes reveals that he chose and edited information from published sources while supplementing this with his own personal observations, that he wrote in both Latin and English, and that he obtained the help of an assistant to copy out many of his drafts in a more refined hand. This article discusses what White's purpose might have been in compiling these notes, what relationship they held to his collection of images, and how his note-taking practices aligned with the contemporary eighteenth-century culture of note-taking and information management in natural history.

在 1750 年代至 1770 年代期间，泰勒·怀特 (Taylor White) 汇编了 750 多份手稿笔记，以配合他的动物肖像收藏。这些笔记写在单独的未装订的纸上，并提供了他委托绘制的鸟类、哺乳动物和鱼类的描述。对怀特笔记的结构和内容的检查表明，他从已发表的资料中选择和编辑信息，同时用他自己的个人观察补充这一点，他用拉丁语和英语写作，并在助手的帮助下复制了许多他的草稿在更精致的手中。这篇文章讨论了怀特编纂这些笔记的目的可能是什么，它们与他的图像集有什么关系，