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birds. In the succeeding volumes where some of the subjects 

 measure upwards of five feet in height, one general standard of re- 

 duction will be used, by which means the comparative size of each 

 species can be easily ascertained at first glance; and a greater 

 number introduced in each plate, so as to comprehend the whole 

 of our ornithology in Nine volumes ; being one less than originally 

 projected. 



ALEXANDER WILSON. 



Philadelphia, March 1st, 1813. 



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