EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit: 



BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 27th day of April, in the fifty- third year 

 of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1829, HARRISON 

 HALL, of the said district, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the 

 right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit: 



American Ornithology', or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States- 

 Illustrated icith plates engraved and coloured from original drawings taken from 

 Nature. By Alexander Wilson. With a sketch of the Authors Life, by George 

 Ord, F. L. S. Sfc. In three Volumes. Vol. III. 



In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled " An 

 act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, 

 and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein 

 mentioned." And also to the act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act, 

 entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of 

 maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during 

 the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of 

 designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." 



D. CALDWELL, 

 Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 



