Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus 1, redshank, Tringa totanus 2, northern gannet, Morus bassanus 3, garganey, Spatula querquedula 4, tompot blenny, Parablennius gattorugine 5, gilt-head seabream, Sparus aurata 6, Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama 7, and wolverine, Gulo gulo 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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