SUPPLEMENT 
TO THE 
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 
OF 
ALEXANDER WILSON. 
CONTAINING 
A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE, 
WITH A 
SELECTION FROM HIS LETTERS; SOME REMARKS UPON HIS WRITINGS; 
AND A 
HISTORY OF THOSE BIRDS 
AVHICH WERE INTENDED TO COMPOSE PART OF HIS 
NINTH VOLUME. 
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES, 
engraved from WHiSON’S ORIGINAL DRA^VINGS. 
BY 
GEORGE ORD, F. L. S. 
MEMBER OP THE AM. PHIL. SOC. AND OF THE ACAD. NAT. SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, AND 
i^r»i>npcpnMT>F.NT OP THE PHILOMATHIC SOCIETY OF PARIS. 
PHILADELPHIA; 
PUBLISHED BY J. LAVAL AND S. F. BRADFORD. 
