Centipede 1, chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs 2, charr, Salvelinus species 3, Cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum 4, many-plumed moths, Alucita species 5,6, common chub, Squalius cephalus 7, and coalfish or pollack, Pollachius pollachius 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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