VI PREFACE. 



formation on their geographical limits ; to William 

 Cooper, Esq., well known by his devotion to the study 

 of ornithology ; to Mr. Oakes, of Ipswich ; to T. W. 

 Harris, M. D., Librarian of Harvard University; to 

 S. C. Greene, Esq. of Boston ; and to Mr. Nathaniel J. 

 Wyeth, Mr. James Brown, Mr. John Bethune, and 

 Mr. Russell, of Cambridge. ^' 



The wood engravings, not sufficiently numerous, in 

 consequencjB of their cost, have been executed by 

 Mr. Bowen of Boston, and Mr. Hall, in the employ of 

 Messrs. Carter &z; Andrews, of Lancaster. 



A larger work on the Ornithology of the United 

 States, with numerous engravings, and more extensive 

 details of Natural History, will also soon be issued, so 

 as to complete and embody, with every necessary il- 

 lustration, the History of the birds of the United States, 

 and of British America. 



