VI ADVERTISEMENT. 
also occasional notes by the Editor : and many 
beautiful sketches of the feathered creation from 
the pen of Audubon, another great American 
self-taught naturalist; and illustrations from an 
important work, Northern Zoology , by Richardson 
and Swainson, at present in the press, conclude the 
volume. 
R. JAMESON. 
Edinburgh College Museum, 
August 1 , 1831 . 
