viii NOTICE. 
raents of Mr Ord, but also the continuation of 
Bonaparte, and will still farther be enhanced in 
value by the revisal of the whole, and its arrange- 
ment, in a scientific manner, by Professor Jameson. 
This arrangement will not only render the work of 
more easy reference than the original edition, — • 
which, from its irregular mode of publication, was 
never arranged, — but will also, it is hoped, ensure 
its being used as an ornithological text book in 
our universities, and also in our schools. Hitherto, 
no companion or guide has been published to the 
beautiful collection of American birds in the 
museum of the University of Edinburgh : the 
present work will be found to answer the purpose, 
both on account of its scientific form, and the 
constant reference, by the editor, to the birds of 
the New World, preserved in that splendid cabinet 
of natural history. 
It remains only to be added, that the notices of 
the Turkey Vulture, p. 3, the Black Vulture, p. 10, 
the Great-Footed Hawk, p. .51, and the Raven, 
p. 231, having been transferred from the nintb 
volume of Wilson, are consequently written by Mr 
Ord. Other articles of his are pointed out where 
they occur in the course of the work. 
Edinburgh, Apnl, 1831 . 
