Arabian bustard, Ardeotis arabs 1, common bustard, Otis tarda 2, critically endangered Indian bustard, Ardeotis nigriceps 3, little bustard, Tetrax tetrax 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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