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longest, and the four first nearly equal; tail emarginate and rounded, with 

 the feathers acute. Upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with 

 brownish-black; the margins of the feathers on the back and scapulars 

 slightly tinged with light reddish-cream colour, the edge of the wing paler, 

 as well as those of the tail feathers. A broad streak of reddish-cream colour 

 on the centre of the head, surrounded by rows of blackish-brown, as well as 

 a line from the corner of the lower mandible; a semilunar line of spots and 

 streaks of the same on the upper part of the breast and sides of the body. 

 Legs and feet very stout and rather long, claws long, slender, curved and 

 acute. Bill horn colour toward the tip and dull yellow; cheeks and all 

 under parts pale dull yellowish-white. 



Bill along the ridge ^ inch, along the edge -§; wing from flexure 2 inches 

 and f ; tail 2^; tarsus %; hind toe -|, its claw §; middle toe ■§, its claw -£. 

 The whole light flesh colour and transparent, eye hazel. 



At the conclusion of this work, and in bidding good-by to my kind 

 patrons, I feel great pleasure in testifying to the most excellent style in 

 which the letter-press has been printed by Mr. E. G. Dorset of 12 Library 

 street, Philadelphia; and I think I can safely say, that never was so long 

 continued a work more correctly and punctually executed. 



The drawings on stone, and the colouring, have been also well done, and 

 the former are almost all superior to the first numbers of the work, which I 

 considered very good. This department of the work was entrusted to Mr. 

 J. T. Bowen, and his efforts to perfect the whole were ably seconded by 

 the talented artists and colourers in his employ. 



Reader, adieu ! 



J. J. AUDUBON. 



New York, May 1844. 



THE Els'D. 



