AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; 
OR 
THE NATURAL HISTORY 
OF THE 
BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES 
ENGRAVED AND COLOURED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS TAKEN 
FROM NATURE. 
BY ALEXANDER WILSON. 
WITH A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOr’s LIFE, 
BY GEORGE ORD, F. L. S. &c. 
IN THREE VOLS.— VOL. I. 
PUBLISHED BY COLLINS & CO, NEW YORK, 
AND 
HARRISON HALL, PHILADELPHIA. 
1828 . 
