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1805. Barton, B. S. Letter to M. Lacepede, of Paris, on the Natural His- 

 tory of North America. <^ TiZ?oc7i's P/iiZos. il/rtr/., xxii, 180.5, pp. 97- 

 103,204-211. 



Only the second iustalinent of the article relates to birds. It notices the 

 migrations of a few North American species, asserts the torpidity in winter of 

 Swallows, Swifts, and Hummingbirds, and the breeding of Aix sponsa in trees. 



1307. Barton, B. S. A | Discourse | on | some of the principal desiderata | 

 in I Natural History, | and on | the best means of promoting the 

 study I of this | Science, | in the United States. | — | Read before the 

 Philadelphia Liunean Society, | on the 10th of June, 1807. | — | By 

 Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D., | President of the Society; one of 

 the vice-Presidents of the | American Philosophical Society ; £»nd 

 Professor of | Materia Medica, Natural History and Botany, | in the 

 University of Pennsylvania. | — | Philadelphia : | Printed by Den- 

 ham & Town, No. 278, South Second-street. | — | 1807. "8vo" 

 (half-sheets). 3 p. 11., pp. 9-90. 

 A rare tract. Ornithological matter at pp. 20-22, 68, 7S, 88-90. 



1807. Clavigero, F. S. The | History | of | Mexico. | Collected from | 

 Spanish and Mexican historians, | from | Manuscripts and ancient 

 paintings of the Indians. | Illustrated by | charts, aid other copper 

 plates. I To which are added, | critical dissertations | on the | land, 

 the animals, and inhabitants of Mexico. | By Abb6 D. Francesco 

 Saverio Clavigero. | Translated from the original Italian, | By 

 Charles Cullen, Esq. | The second edition. | In two volumes. | Vol. 

 I [II]. I London : | printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Churchyard, 

 I hy Joyce Gold, Shoe Lane. | — | 1807. 2 vols. 4to. Vol. I, map, 

 titles, pp. v-xxxii, 2 11., pp. 1-476, pll. 24. Vol. II, 2 p. 11., pp. 1-463. 

 Vol. I, Book I, Sect. SI, Birds of Mexico, in this edition at pp. 46-56 ; a summary 

 account of sundry kinds, of no special value now, unless it be for the Mexican 

 and Spanish names under which such as are identifiable are presented. 



1807. Hearne, S. Journey to the Northern Ocean, etc. London, 1807. 

 Not seen.— See the earlier eds., 1795 and 1796. 



1807. ViEiLLOT, L. p. Histoire Naturelle | des Oiseaux | de | L'Am6rique 

 Septentrionale, | contenant un grand nombre d'esp^ces d^crites ou 

 figur6es | pour la premiere fois. | Par M. L. P. Vieillot, | continua- 

 teur de I'Histoire des Colibris et des Oiseaux-Mouches; auteur de 

 celle des Jacamars, | des Grimpereaux, des Promerops, des Oiseaux 

 de Paradis et de la plupart des articles d'Ornithologie | du nouveau 

 Dictionaire d'Histoire Naturelle, etc. | Tome premier [second]. ] — | 

 A Paris, | chez Desray, Libraire, Rue Hautefeuille, N** 4. | 

 M. DCCC. VII. I De ITmprimerie de Crapelet. | 2 vols, folio, pll. 

 Vol. I, 2 p. 11., pp. iv, 90, pll. 1-57. Vol. II, 1 p. L, pp. ii, 74, pll. 57 

 6i8-124 (in each vol. some numbers of the pll. duplicated). Stated 

 to have been published in 22 livraisons of 6 i)ll. each. Pretre i)inx. 

 Bouquet sculp. Langlois imp. 



" C'est done cet Ouvrage, fruit d'une longue suite derecherches snr les mojurs 

 et le genre de vie des Oiseaux de I'Am^rique septentrionale et de Saint-Domin- 

 gue, que jo pr6seute au public. II contient I'histoiro de pr6s de quatre cents 

 espSces, dont cinquante au moins sent nouvelles, et dont environ cent soixante 

 u'ont point 6t6 d6crites par Catesby, Edwards et Buffon." (Avertissement.) 

 Plusieures de ces esp6ces tionnent la priorit6 sur celles d6crites par "Wilson 



