Common goat, Capra hircus 1, Damascus goat, Capra hircus 2, European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus 3, lesser nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis 4, black goby, Gobius niger 5, and sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus 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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