Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis 1, malachite kingfisher, Corythornis cristatus 2, white-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis 3, unknown species 4,5, green-and-rufous kingfisher, Chloroceryle inda 6, paradise jacamar, Galbula dea 7, and collared kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris 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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