ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY,
Oli AN -ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF THE
BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
ACCOMPANIED BY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OBJECTS REPRESENTED
IN THE WORK ENTITLED
BIRDS OF AMERICA
TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS OF MANY
OF THE SPECIES, ILLUSTRATED HY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.
BY JOHS JAMES AUDUBON, F.R,SS.L.&E.
FELLOW OP THE LINNEAN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON ; MEMBER OF THE LYCEUM
OF NEW YORK, OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PARIS, THE WE RN E R I AN NATURAL
HISTORY SOCIETY OP EDINBURGH', HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL
HISTORY OF MANCHESTER, AND OF THE SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE,
AND ARCHITECTURE ; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, OF THE
ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES A T PHILADELPHIA, OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES
OF BOSTON, OF CHARLESTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THE QUEBEC LITERARY AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, &C. &C.
VOL. IV.
EDINBURGH :
a d a M & C h a r l e s b l a c k , EDifJBURGH;
LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS, LONDON; R. HAVELL,
ENGRAVER, 77. OXFORD STREET, LONDON; ALEXANDER HILL,
EDINBURGH; AND GEORGE SMITH, LIVERPOOL.
MDCCCXXXVIII.