Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos 1, great egret, Ardea alba 2, endangered African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana 3, and ermine stoat, Mustela erminea 4. 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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