AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; 



OR 



THE NATURAL HISTORY 



OP THE 



BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES 



ENGRAVED AND COLOURED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS TAKEN 

 FROM NATURE. 



BY ALEXANDER WILSON. 



WITH A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, 

 BY GEORGE ORD, F. L. S. &c. 



IN THREE VOLS. VOL. I. 



PUBLISHED BY COLLINS & CO, NEW YORK, 



AND 



HARRISON HALL, PHILADELPHIA. 

 1828. 



