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American Ornithology, 9 vols., 1808- 

 14. Part of which were the first im- 

 pressions and part the second — $20ii. 



Poems by Alexander Wilson, 1816, I 

 vol.— $7.00. 



The Foresters: a Poem l)y Alex- 

 ander Wilson, 1848— $4.50. 



American Ornithology, 3 vols., Text, 

 one volume I'olio plates, published by 

 Harrison Hall, 1828-55—575.00. 



American Ornithology, First Edition, 

 edited by Ord., 3 vols.. Text one I'olio 

 volume, plates 1828-9- $70.00. 



Life of Alexander Wilson, by George 

 Ord 1828— $1.50. 



American Ornithology, by Wilson 

 and Bonaparte, 4 vols., 12 mo., Edin- 

 burgh, 1831— $3.50. 



The Foresters, second edition, 1838 

 —$2.00. 



American Ornithology, with Notes 

 by Jardine . T. M. Brewer, 1840 — $1.50. 



•Poems and Literary Prose of Wil- 

 son, by Grosart, 2 vol., 1876— $7.00. 



Alexander Wilson. Poet Naturalist, 

 by James Southall Wilson, 1906— $3.00 



American Ornithology by Alexander 

 Wilson and C. L. Bonaparte, 3 vols., 

 1832, Edinburgh Edition— $20.00. 



American Ornithology, Philadelphia 

 Edition, 3 vols., 1871— $10.00. 



American Ornithology, 3 vols., Lon- 

 don Edition, 1876— $15.00. 



American Ornithology, 3 vols.. New 

 York Edition, 1877— $5.00. 



American Ornithology, 3 vols., Phil- 

 adelphia n. d. (1878), the latter four 

 items being the Wilson and Bonaparte 

 compilations. 



Included in this sale was a very 

 large number of local lists, pamph- 

 lets, and many Amateur Bird Journals 

 either in complete series or scattered 

 numbers, nearly all of which long 

 since ceased publication. 



The entire 875 offerings made at the 



sale brought an aggregate of $8f)i)0.00. 



The editor was fortunate enough to 



secure among other things the follow- 

 ing items. 



The first fifty-nine volumes of The 

 Proceedings of the Academy of Nat- 

 ural Science of Philadelphia, 1843- 

 lOOT, including all of the colored bird 

 plates published during that period. 



A complete file of all of The Orni- 

 thological Writings of J. A. Allen. 



A complete set of all the papers 

 relating to birds with all accompany- 

 ing colored plates from the Annuals 

 of the Lyceum of Natural History of 

 New York. 1824-1876. 



Ornithology of the Voyage of th(; 

 Beachy, by N. A. Vigors, 1 vol., 1839. 



Observations on Nomenclature of 

 Wilson Ornithology, by Charles A. 

 Bonaparte, 1826, 1 vol. 



Monographie des loxieus, with 51 

 colored plates of Cross-bills and Gros- 

 beaks, 1850. By Charles A. Bonaparte 

 and H. Schlegel. 



North American Oology, by T. M. 

 Brewer, 1857, 1 vol. 



The First Known Directory of 

 American Naturalists, 1865-6. 



A Monograph of the Alcidae, by 

 Elliott Cones, 1858. One of fifty 

 copies of this publication which were 

 published. 



The rare first edition of Elliott 

 Coues, Check List of American Birds, 

 1873. 



D. G. Elliotts' Monograph of the 

 Pheasants, 2 vols., 1872. 



Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs 

 of the Birds of Ohio. Howard and 

 Mrs. N. E. Jones, 1866. 1 vol. This 

 is one of the most perfect volumes of 

 this great work in existence. 



Notes on and List of Birds and 

 Eggs collected in Artie America. 1861- 

 66. By R. McFarlane. (This little 

 item is specially interesting to the 

 writer because in the collection of 

 eggs, which we purchased several 

 years ago from Richard C. Christ, 



