American nightingale, Sylvia calidris 1, nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes 2, Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana 3, epaulet oriole, Icterus cayanensis 4, common ostrich, Struthio camelus 5, Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra 6, and rosy starling, Pastor roseus 7. 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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