BOOKS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



Plate CCLX marked "CCXL." 



Originally issued in 87 pts. 



"The plates were published without any text, to avoid 

 the necessity of furnishing copies gratis to the public 

 libraries in England, agreeably to the law of copyright." 

 Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America, vol. 



I, P- SIS- 



Text to accompany the plates was published in 5 vols. 

 rl. 8vo, Edinburgh, 1831-39, under title, "Ornithological 

 biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the 

 United States of America . . ." Later editions, of text and 

 plates combined, with alterations, were published in 7 and 

 8 vols., rl. 8vo, under title, "The birds of America, from 

 drawings in the United States and their territories." 



AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The birds of America, 

 from drawings made in the United States and their 

 territories. New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia, 

 J. B. Chevalier, 1840-44. 7 vols. col. pi. 4. Vols. 6-7: 

 New York, Philadelphia, J. J. Audubon, 1843-44. 

 Original edition. 



AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Letter of John James 

 Audubon describing Harlan's Hawk. 2 pp. MSS. 32 cm- 



AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The life of John 

 James Audubon the naturalist; ed. by his widow, with 

 an introduction by Jas. Grant Wilson. New York, 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1869. 2 pp. I., x, [n 1-443 pp. 

 front, port. 2O cm< 



AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Ornithological bio- 

 graphy, or an account of the habits of the birds of the 

 United States of America, accompanied by descrip- 

 tions of the objects represented in the work entitled 

 "The birds of America," and interspersed with deline- 

 ations of American scenery and manners. By John 

 James Audubon. Edinburgh, Black, 1831-39. 28| cm< 



