Demoiselle crane of Numidia, Grus virgo 1, Oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus 2, ocean sunfish, Mola mola 3, northern diver, Gavia immer 4, black-throated loon, Gavia arctica 5, red-throated loon, Gavia stellata 6, black and white dobchick, Tachybaptus ruficollis 7, and horned grebe, Podiceps auritus 8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Moses Harris from William Frederic Martyn’s A New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785. Pseudonym of William Fordyce Mavor, Scottish priest, teacher and writer, 1758-1837.

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