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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; 
OH THE 
NATURAL HISTORY 
the birds of the united states^ 
BY ALEXANDER -VVILSON, 
AND CHARLES LUCIAN BONAPARTE. 
EDITED BY 
Robert jameson, Esq. f,r,s.e.&l. f.l.s. m.w.s. 
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY 
OF EDINBURGH, &C. 
IN FOUR VOLUMES. 
VOL. I. 
EDINBURGH: 
PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH; 
AND HURST, CHANCE, AND CO. LONDON. 
1831. 
