PREFACE, 
V 
birds. In the succeeding volumes, where some of the subjects 
measure upwards of five feet in height, one general standard of re- 
duction will be used, by which means the comparative size of each 
species can be easily ascertained at first glance ; and a greater 
number introduced in each plate, so as to comprehend the whole 
of our Ornithology in nine volumes ; being one less than originally 
projected. 
ALEXANDER WILSON. 
Philadelphia^ March 1^#, 1813. 
VOL. VII. 
B 
