Greater hakebeard, Phycis blennoides 1, alpine hare, Lepus timidus 2, snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus 3, collared falconet, Microhierax caerulescens 4, and northern harrier, Circus hudsonius 5,6. 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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