APPENDIX. 
THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. 
j OHN JAMES AUDUBON, F.R.S.L.&E. F.U.S. M.W.S. &c. 
HjA Well known author remarks, when speaking of 
j^hed to tile study of nature, no less than to painting, 
a r( j Se ems to have pursued both with a genius and an 
| 1; ''"r, of which, in their united effects, there is no 
His ornithological narratives in the Edinburyh 
tj'Si phical Journal are as valuable to the scientific 
as they are delightful to the general reader. 
C? is a freshness and an originality about these 
lii rj *-’ s > which can only be compared to the animated 
i^sfaphies of Wilson. Both these hien contemplated 
li 0(| l K as she really is, not as she is often represented in 
t||,, ' s - they sought her in her sanctuaries. The shore, 
fountains, and the forest, were alternately their 
l H 7> and there they drank the pure Stream of know-' 
9fA‘. a t its fountainhead. The observations of such men 
tyst 6 corner stones of every attempt, to discover the 
VI of nature. Their writings will be consulted 
naturalist of the woods and wilds, — “ Devotedly 
d,. ( | 1 our favourite theories shall have passed away. 
y t|i "''tly, therefore, do vye hope, that M. Audubon will 
' ’"ately become the historian and the painter of his 
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k, "rite objects ; that he will never be made a convert 
ii lf | . v system; but instruct and delight us in a true 
'Vi] ""Prejudiced biography of nature.’' Audubon, like 
v *° n > is a self-taught naturalist, and, like him, has 
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