1.S2 The Wii son Bulletin — Xo. (iit. 



chased by H. G. Boliii in 18o(i, aud the plates colored with more 

 care and finish than before. Utterson, in 1857, colored plates, £4 

 lis.; Sotheby'8, Mar. 1863, £4." At set was recently quoted at £5 18s. 



(h) American Ornithology; | or, | The Natttral History | 

 of the I Birds of the United States. | By | Alexander Wilson | 

 and I Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte. | The Illnstrative 

 Notes and Life of Wilson j By Sir William Jardine, Bart., 

 F. R. S. E., F. L. S. I In Three Volumes, — Vol. I [-III]. | 

 Cassell, Fetter & Galpin. | London ; Paris & New York. | 

 [1832?] 8 vo. 



Vol. I, frontispiece — engraved portrait of Wilson by Lizars, 

 after Gordon painting; pp. v-vii contents, ix-cv life of Alexander 

 Wilson, 1-408 Am. orn., pll. 1-27. Printed by Ballantyne and Com- 

 pany, Edinburgh and London. Vol. II. pji. v-A'ii contents, 1-495 Am. 

 orn., pll. 28-GS. Vol. Ill, pp. v-vi contents, 1-156 Wilson's Am. orn., 

 161-524 continuations of Wilson's orn. by Bonaparte, 52.5-540 gen- 

 eral index of English and Latin names, pll. 69-75 Wilson, and 1-27 

 Bonaparte. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Company. 



A cheaper unauthorized edition of the above, printed in colors as 

 original, reduced, engraved by W. H. Lizars. Can be had for about 

 $12, though it occasionally finds a market at a higher price. Very 

 desirable. Not quoted by Coues. 



(i) Illtistrations of the American Ornithology of Alexan- 

 der Wilson and Charles Lncien Bonaparte, Prince of Mnsign- 

 ano. With the addition of numerous recently discovered spe- 

 cies and representations of the whole Sylva of North America. 

 By Captain Thomas Brown, [etc., etc.]. Edinburgh. Frazer 

 & Co., 54 North Bridge \ William Curry Jun'r & Co.. Dublin | 

 & Smith, Elder & Co.. G5 Cornhill | London | MDCCCXXXV. 

 [foL, eng. tit. [= 11.] -|- ded. eng. [= 11] -f syst. index 

 [=11.]. 124 pi.] 



The figures of birds are reproduced from Wilson's and Bona- 

 parte's works on the 124 plates with tolerable closeness to the or- 

 iginals, but sometimes with the figures at different angles, and with 

 the coloration not exact. The collocation of the species is original, 

 and the grouping is mainly by genera adopted from Temminck. 

 The birds are arranged on figures of branches of trees copied from 

 Micbaux. 



In the words of the compiler. "The arrangement adopted is that 

 of Temminck slightly altered, with the addition of some new Ge- 



