Arfak parotia, Parotia sefilata 1, King bird of paradise, Cicinnurus regius 2, superb-bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superba 3, American bison, Bison bison 4, and little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus 5. 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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