Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus 1, red lark, Calendulauda burra 2, cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus 3, blue waxbill, Uraeginthus angolensis 4, Zambezi indigobird, Vidua codringtoni 5, olive-coloured linnet 6, yellow grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysopeplus. 7, and lion, Panthera leo 8. 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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