Indian pied myna, Gracupica contra 1, common starling, Sturnus vulgaris 2, red-billed starling, Spodiopsar sericeus 3, Javan pied myna, Gracupica jalla 4, and striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus 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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