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ORNITHOLOGY. 



Water Birds of the United States, and a General 

 Index. 



The same. A new edition. New York and Philadelphia, 1828, 

 3 vols. 4to, and an Atlas of Plates (coloured). 14/. 145. 

 Vol. i. Pages cxcix and 230. 



— ii. ■ 456. 



— iii. 396. 



The Plates are the same, but have been carefully ex- 

 amined and retouched by Mr. Alexander Lawson ; 

 by whom most of them were executed. The Figures 

 are very well coloured. 

 Wilson was born at Paisley in Scotland, 6th of July, 

 1766 ; brought up as a weaver ; at 18 turned pedlar; 

 left Scotland for America in May, 1794 : was a school- 

 master at Milestown and Bloomfield (Pennsylvania) 

 in 1800; commenced ornithologist in 1804; died in 

 August 1813, after completing the 8th volume of his 

 Work. 



Wolf and Meyer. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de 

 PAllemagne represented d'apres Nature. German and 

 French. Nuremberg, 1805, &c. 29 numbers, folio, con- 

 taining 6 coloured Plates in each. 



This is decidedly the finest Work on the subject that 

 has ever been published. The Birds have the spirit 

 of life, and every feather has been carefully made 

 out by the artist. It is not yet completed. 

 Wolf. Tachenbuch der Deutchen Vogelkunde. Frank- 

 furt, 1810, 2 vols. 8vo, 21. 18s. 

 Vol. i. Pages 310. Plates (coloured) 38. 



ii. 311—614. 37. 



Wright (M. W.). Svenska Voglar. Stockholm, 1828, ob- 

 long folio, Part 1—13, each 12s. 

 Plates (coloured) 6 in each number, very well ex- 

 ecuted. 



