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exceedingly iuapproi)riate, having been taken verbatim for the 

 earlier edition. The whole text, as a matter of course, was almost 

 half a century behind the times on the day of issue. It is cata- 

 logued variously at from $45.00 to $75.00 according to condition 

 and binding, and published to sell at $100 originally. 



(r) "American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the 

 Birds of the United States, By Alexander Wilson and Charles 

 Lucian Bonaparte .... with notes and life of Wilson by Sir 

 Wm. Jardine, London: 1876. New York: J. W. Bouton, 1887. 

 New edition. 3 vols. 8vo. All the plates, 103 in number, lith- 

 ographed in colors." 



The above taken from a recent trade list. Said to be very scarce 

 with this imprint. Coues called it a reissue of the cheaper Jardine 

 issue of the 3832 edition, though he had not seen it. Doubtless a 

 reprint of the undated edition. Quoted at $15 and $17. 



(s) American Ornithology ; | or, the | Natural History | of 

 the I Birds of the United States. | Illustrated with plates | en- 

 graved from drawings from nattire. | By | Alexander Wilson 

 j and Charles Lucian Bonaparte. | — | Popular edition | Vol. 

 I [ — IH]. j [Monogram] | Philadelphia: | Porter and Coates, 

 I 822 Chestnut street. | No date— 1878.] 3 vols, in 1 | royal 

 8vo. 



Text the same pagination and order as the 1871 edition with the 

 exception of the removal of Baird's catalogue and the ahihabetical 

 index to follow Ord's life of Wilson in place of their insertion be- 

 tween contents and text of final volume. Bonaparte's plates 1-27 

 on 8 leaves marked "B," and Wilson's plates 1-76 on 20 leaves, 

 greatly reduced, uncolored, though retaining original Characteris- 

 tics and grouping ; are inserted between contents of Vol. I and pref- 

 ace to the life of Wilson. 



A cheap reprint in one volume of the 1871 edition without the at- 

 las of colored plates, selling at $7.50. In reviewing this edition, 

 Ernest Ingersol remarks (Cf. Bui, Nuttall Orn. Club. Vol. IV, 1879. 

 p. 54) "What icouhl be welcome is an edition of Wilson at a mod- 

 erate price, prepared under the direction of a competent ornitholo- 

 gist, which should be a commentary on the splendid work of the 

 Father of American Ornithology, and should indicate in a brief and 

 graphic way the progress in the science since his death. Such a 

 work would be of great value to the ordinary man of culture as 

 well as the specialist." 



