WILSON, THE ORNITHOLOGIST. 



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If my native country receive with gracious indulgence the specimens 

 which I now humbly offer it, if it express a desire that / should bring 

 it some more, my highest ambition will be satisfied. For, as my 

 little friend said, our woods are full of them ; I can gather numerous 

 others which are still more beautiful." (Philadelphia, 1808.) 



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