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1828. BONAPARTE, C. L. Continued. 



433-451) retraces the ground, giving additional particulars. Accounts of various 

 species, not North American, are interpolated. I find no new specific names in 

 these articles, Bonaparte's new species having been just previously character- 

 ized. Cerorhinca, g. n., p. 4J7. The article was republished in one vol. 8vo, New 

 York, Seymour, 1828. 



1828. BONAPARTE, C. L. The Genera of North American Birds. ... By 

 Charles Lucian Bonaparte. 1 vol. 8vo. New York, Seymour, 1828. 

 pp. 1-12H, 293-451. 



Not seen. The work commonly quoted as " Bonaparte's Synopsis " ; consisting 

 of his paper in the Ann. Lye. N. Y., separately issued, without repagination. 



1828. BONAPARTE, C. L. Further Additions to the Ornithology of the 

 United States ; and Observations on the Nomenclature of certain 

 Species. < Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, ii, 1828, pp. 154-161. 

 (Read Nov. 6, 1826.) 



Ardea pealii. p. 154 (Florida); Tringa himantopus, p. 157 (New Jersey), spp. 

 nn. Allied species treated for comparison. Synopsis of the genus Phalaropus. 



1828. LESSON, [R. P.] Genera des Oiseaux du Nord de VAme'rique, et 



Synopsis des especes qui vivent aux fitats-Unis; par Charles- 

 Lucien Bonaparte. . . . <FrMas. J BjtM.,2 e sect.,xiii, 1828, pp. 122-125. 

 "Dans un premier article, nous avons presente les especes decrites par M. 

 Ch. B. ; dans celui-ci, nous reunirons celles que cet auteur signals comme nou- 

 velles, ou comme ayant ete mal d6crites ou peu connues." 18 espdces. 



1828. LESSON, [R. P.] Birds of America from drawings made during a resi- 

 dence of twenty-five years in the United States and its territories. 

 . . . par John James Audubon. < .Ferns*. Bull., 2 e sect., xv, 1828, 

 pp. 301-303. 

 TJne courte notice du commencement do I'ouvrage. 



1828-29. WILSON, A. (ed. ORD, G.) American Ornithology ; | or, | the Natural 

 History | of 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 [-III]. 

 | | Published by Collins &, Co., New York, | and | Harrison 

 Hall, Philadelphia. | 1828 [1829]. 3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I, pp. i-cxcix, 

 1-231, 1828 ; II, 1828 ; III, 1829. With a folio atlas of 76 pll., 1829. 



In this edition, which consists of three 8vo. vols. of text and one folio atlas, the 

 species are rearranged in systematic order, with synonymy and references to the 

 plates. The preliminary matter consists of contents (pp. iii, iv), editor's preface 

 (pp. v, vi), preface to life of "Wilson (pp. vi-viii),and Ord's sketch of the author's 

 life (pp. ix-cxcix). It does not appear who was the editor. The text appears to 

 be that of the original in full, and many notes, some of them signed 'G. Ord', are 

 interpolated. The folio atlas has no text except the title .-American Orni- 

 thology; | or, | the Natural History | of the | Birds of the United States. | | By 

 Alexander Wilson. I Plates | Engraved and Coloured from Original Drawings 

 taken from Nature. | | Published by Collins & Co. New York, | and | Harri- 

 son Hall, Philadelphia. | 1829. It consists of 76 colored plates. This is the editio 

 princeps ( 1 What was a " 3 vol. 4to ed. Phila. 1824-1828 " ?) of " OBD'S Wilson " ; 

 there are later issues of the same. 



1829. [ANON.] Sur les oiseaux chanteurs de l'Ame"rique [du nord] ; par 



M. Rennie. ... < Fdmss. Bull, 2 e sect., xviii, 1829, p. 454. 



Extrait du Magaz. Nat. Hist., mars 1829, pp. 414-421. 



1829. COMMITTEE. Report of a committee appointed by the Lyceum of Nat- 

 *ral History af [sic] New York to examine the splendid work of Mr. 



