ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, 



OR 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, 



TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS OF MANY 

 OF THE SPECIES, ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. 



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



FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON ; MEMBER OF THE LYCEUM 

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

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

 HISTORY OF MANCHESTER, AND OF THE SCOTTISH ACADEMY OP 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, THE QUEBEC LITERARY AND HISTORI- 

 CAL SOCIETY, THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, &C. &C. 



VOL. V. 



ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH; 

 LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMAN, LONDON. 



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