UiKxs — On Alexander Wilson. 1S3 



ncra. One huiulred and sixty-one birds liave been added by tlie 

 Editor, wbicli are distinguished by an * ; and eighty-seven birds 

 have been considerably enlarged ; these latter are marked by a t 

 prefixed. Besides the addition of one hundred and sixty-seven rep- 

 resentations of Forest Trees and Shrubs." 



There is no explanatoiy text except the data here reproduced and 

 the names of the birds and trees. (Cf. Gill in The Osprey, Vol. V, 

 1901, p. 109.) Originally sold for £2(),. according to Allibone. 



(j) American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the 

 Birds of the United States. With a sketch of the author's 

 life by Geo. Ord. London, 1839. Large 4 to. 5 vols. 3 vols, 

 text, 2 vols, colored plates. 



Not seen ! Quoted from catalogue. Doubtless a reprint of Har- 

 rison Hall and Collin's »& Co.'s edition of 1828-1829 (Ivuown as the 

 Ord edition) with the edition of Bonaparte's birds, making the sec- 

 ond volume of colored plates. Quoted at $50 in a recent list. 



(k) American Ornithology. [ Illustrations | of | American 

 Ornithology ; | reduced from the j original work of Alexander 

 Wilson. I London : | published by William Spooner, 259 Re- 

 gent Street, | Oxford Street ; | Hurst, Chance, and Co., 65 St. 

 Paul's Church Yard ; j and Constable and Co., Edinburgh. | 

 [No date] IG mo? 18 mo? (say 4x6). No. 1 containing 8 

 plates. Communicated by Prof. A. Newton, Cambridge, Eng- 

 land. Cf. Coues' Bibliographical Appendix, p. 60. 



This very rare edition seems to be envolved in considerable mys- 

 tery. Everything, however, will seem to indicate that it was pro- 

 jected in the same spirit, and by substantially the same people, if 

 not at about the same time as the Jameson edition, for which it 

 was doubtless intended as a companion or supplement. 



(1) Wilson's I American Ornithology, | with | notes by Jar- 

 dine : I to which is added I A Synopsis of American Birds, | 

 including those described | by | Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, 

 and I Richardson; | by T. M. Brewer. | — | Boston: | Otis, 

 Broadus. and Company. | — ] 1840. <Wilson's | American 

 Ornithology j with | Additions | including the birds | described 

 by I Audubon, Bonaparte, I Nuttall, | and | Richardson | 

 [Title surrounded by engraved scroll and figures of birds]. 

 Boston, Otis, Broadus and Company. 1 vol. 12mo. Also 8vo. 



Frontispiece reduced figxires of Wilson's birds, pp. i title and sub- 



