ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, 



Oil AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF THE 



BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 



ACCOMPANIED BY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OBJECTS REPRESENTED 

 IN THE WORK ENTITLED 



THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, 



AND INTERSPERSED WITH DELINEATIONS OF AMERICAN 

 SCENERY AND MANNERS. 



BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, F.R.SS.L.&E. 



FELLOW OF THE LINNEaN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OP LONDON ; MEMBER OP THE LYCEUM 

 OP NEW YORK, OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PARIS, THE WERNERIAN NATURAL 

 HISTORY SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH ; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL 

 HISTORY OF MANCHESTER, AND OF THE SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, 

 AND ARCHITECTURE; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, OF THE 

 ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AT PHILADELPHIA, OP THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES 

 OF BOSTON, OF CHARLESTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA, &C. &C. 



VOL. HI. 



EDINBtmOH: 



ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH; 



I^ONGMAN, REES, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMAN, LONDON; R. HAVELL, 

 ENGRAVER, 77- OXFORD STREET, LONDON ; THOMA.S SOWLER, 

 MANCHESTER; MRS ROBINSON, LEEDS ; ALEXANDER HILL, EDIN- 

 BURGH; J.HENRY BEILBY, BIRMINGHAM ; E. CHARNLEY, NEW- 

 CASTLE-UPON-TYNE; AND GEORGE SMITH, LIVERPOOL. 



MDCCCXXXV. 



