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American Ornithology ; or the Natural History of Birds inhabit' 

 ing the United States.^ not given by Wilson. With Figures 

 drawn^ engraved., and coloured from Nature. By Charles 

 LuciAN Bonaparte. Vol.i. Folio^pp. \06.pLix. Philadelphia. 

 1825. 



A CONTINUATION of the splendid work of the zealous and inde- 

 fatigable Wilsouj by an equally acute observer of nature. In 

 style, in execution, and iu illustrations, it is similar to the original 

 publication of which it is intended to complete the series. Both 

 the one and the other are favourable specimens of American art, 

 and in the continuation the engraver has even surpassed his for- 

 mer spirited productions. The present volume is devoted to the 

 Land-Birds, of which twenty-two are figured and described. Their 

 habits are detailed, where they are known, at considerable length, 

 especially those of that peculiarly interesting species, the Wild 

 Turkey. Not one of the birds which it notices is found in Penn- 

 sylvania, which was the peculiar district of Wilson, and by whom 

 it seems to have been exhausted to the very gleanings. They 

 have universally been obtained from the more distant regions, 

 and chiefly from the Rocky Mountains. For an account of seve- 

 ral other birds, which were still additional to the American Fauna, 

 our readers will recollect that we have been indebted to the same 

 able ornithologist, in the two preceding numbers of our Journal. 



Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilsoifs Ornithology. By 

 Charles Lugian Bonaparte. 8uo. pp H t% Philadelphia. 

 1826. 



Of the high utility and value of this necessary Appendix to 

 Wilson's admirable production we have already spoken, while 

 noticing several of its parts, as they successively appeared in the 

 Transactions of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 We need not then^fore now repeat our commendations. It will 

 be sufficient to express our gratification at finding that the scattered 

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