AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; 



OR 



THE NATURAL HISTORY 



OP THE 



BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES 



ENGRAVED AND COLOURED PROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS TAKEN 

 PROM NATURE. 



BY ALEXANDER WILSON. 



WITH A SKETCH OP THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, 



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



IN THREE VOLS, VOL. II. 



PUBLISHED BY COLLINS & CO, NEW YORK, 



AND 

 HARRISON HALL, PHILADELPHIA. 



1828. 



