American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States

Excerpt from American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Vol. 1 of 4It will be seen, from the Memoir of Wilson in the present volume, that his portion of the American Ornithology consists of nine volumes quarto, the descriptive part of the concluding volume having been drawn up by Mr George ord, of Philadelphia. In 1825, Mr Ord was again employed to prepare new editions of the seventh, eighth, and ninth volumes, and made considerable additions: in 1828, three supplementary volumes, by Charles Lucian Bonaparte,* appeared.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.