Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura 1,4, pink-headed fruit dove, Ptilinopus porphyreus 2, Asian emerald dove, Chalcophaps indica 3, zebra dove, Geopelia striata 5, and Tongan fruit dove, Ptilinopus porphyraceus 6. 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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