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  • A small bird, the wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria), spotting a spider on a wall. Coloured lithograph by E. Travies, ca. 1830.
  • Above, a partridge (perdix californica); below, a pigeon (columba cruenta). Engraving by Manceaux after E. Traviès.
  • Above, a cockrel (crax rubra); below, an asian pheasant of the genus tragopan, with fleshy horns on its head. Engraving by Manceaux after E. Traviès.
  • Above a flycatcher bird (muscicapa regia); below, peacock-like bird (maenura lyra). Etching by J. C. Pardinel after E. Traviès.
  • A giraffe. Coloured etching by Oudet after Travies.
  • A whale being speared with harpoons by fishermen in the Arctic sea. Engraving by A. M. Fournier after E. Traviès.
  • A stranded whale is examined by two fishermen. Engraving by A. M. Fournier after E. Traviès.